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It's an even more extraordinary claim that widespread fraud did occur—a claim Trump was making in advance, before the votes were even cast, and continued to mak
by tempestn 6y ago
It's an even more extraordinary claim that widespread fraud did occur—a claim Trump was making in advance, before the votes were even cast, and continued to make, as expected. What I'm seeing from most media outlets are not claims that it didn't or couldn't occur, but simply that Trump is making the accusation without any evidence. Add to that the fact that he's been claiming fraud before the election even started, and it's pretty clear this was his strategy all along to cast doubt on an election he expected to lose (just like in 2016).
- mistermann 6y agoI do not disagree. But at the end of the day, there is: - that which occured in reality - our measurements (best possible effort, or not, often with unknown(!) accuracy) of that which occured in reality - what the media (and individual persons) say has occurred in reality (sometimes based on measurements (accurately, or not), sometimes completely made up) These are almost always not equal, especially in complex situations like this. That the media and intelligent people cannot acknowledge this without resistance is rather alarming, to me. Mainstream thinking is increasingly starting to resemble that which is usually attributed only to conspiracy theorists.