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Orange man is bad, but a stopped clock is right twice a day, and falling over themselves to deny whenever that happens has led the media to say all manner of br

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  > a stopped clock is right twice a day Without another working clock, that's still not super useful, as you can't figure out when it's right.
• ajross 7y ago
  Or maybe... (to strain the metaphor a bit) the clock has been working the whole time, but you didn't care because you didn't need to know the time? I mean... the topic at hand in this subthread is the executive branch's ability to coordinate a single message, to tell the truth, and to ensure that public policy matches official pronouncements. And this has been a serious problem for the Trump administration since inauguration. The president will say things that are wrong, he'll mistate positions of others, he'll promise things that aren't borne out by policy, he'll contradict existing white house messaging, and the rest of the executive branch is constantly running around writing up explainers for how all of this is supposed to fit together. And the media reported on that. But to you, maybe it just seemed like the president was speaking extemporaneously and that the media coverage was being excessively "nitpicky". What other people would call "lies" or "mistruths" seemed to you like just mistakes or irrelevancies. So to you, the media wasn't being fair. Well, now the world is falling apart and the president's words matter. And the lies seem more like lies to most people. That's not because the media is treating them any different.
  • doubleunplussed 7y ago
    I don't think trump has said a single sensible thing about the pandemic, I'm not on his side. Im talking in general.