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Conspiracy theory: Bloomberg is doing this cash-pump campaign so that folk are forced to talk about (and become aware of) the shady techniques that campaigns us
by artemisyna 7y ago
Conspiracy theory: Bloomberg is doing this cash-pump campaign so that folk are forced to talk about (and become aware of) the shady techniques that campaigns use normally anyway.
- somebodythere 7y agoTo what end?
- artemisyna 7y agoTo prime the populous for when other types of media manipulation occur - folk aren't going to dig into media manipulation if it's done by someone they like and never realize the sheer mass of it. But if it's by someone they don't... If nothing else, Bloomberg's ad budget is a solid experiment for the impact of ad budgets on elections. I don't know how much of the transparency that seems to exist around what Bloomberg is doing is normal for campaigns, but that is also a plus.
- jjeaff 7y agoSure, that's what Trump is doing too. Showing that that the executive branch has grown to have too much power and giving us an example of what an evil president might be able to accomplish. It's all just a conspiracy to make the world a better place!