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Trump has a press office and a whole press corps that shows up to listen to what he might want to say to them daily.

by madhadron 6y ago

tathougies 6y ago
And then pick and choose sound bites to report to form a narrative.
- tobylane 6y ago
  That could be analysed. What’s the average length of clip of Trump/WH talking on the various news networks and total per hour on the subject. It’s measuring the quantitative part.
  - tathougies 6y ago
    Honestly, I stopped believing the media reporting of Trump once I listened to the full audio of his speech about the awful events in Charlottesville. Literally immediately after the 'both sides' soundbite he goes on to explicitly denounce nazis, and yet the media censored that, to make it appear as if he were defending them. It's so blatant, it's insane. Like I've said before around here, in 2016, I couldn't stand the man, but the way the media treats him, I find myself rooting for him. Every problem about Trump is their own creation.
erentz 6y ago
Right. A serious percentage of people think the only way the president can communicate is via Twitter and there’s been this right wing persecution complex building for a few years now that they believe they are constantly being censored. Despite the fact that right wing news and pundits get a lot more shares on social media. It’s all part of the weird twisted mass delusion that we find ourselves dealing with.
- YarickR2 6y ago
  Any numbers to support the "lot more shares for right wing media" claim ?
- roenxi 6y ago
  They'd be wrong about only communicating through Twitter, but at this point I demand original long form footage before I believe the media in what a politician did or did not say. They simply don't do an accurate job of summarising.
nostromo 6y ago
Most Americans don’t trust the media to accurately and fairly cover the news. So it shouldn’t be surprising that people don’t want their political leaders’ thoughts filtered through the media.

Trump has a press office and a whole press corps that shows up to listen to what he might want to say to them daily.

tathougies 6y ago

And then pick and choose sound bites to report to form a narrative.

tobylane 6y ago
That could be analysed. What’s the average length of clip of Trump/WH talking on the various news networks and total per hour on the subject. It’s measuring the quantitative part.
- tathougies 6y ago
  Honestly, I stopped believing the media reporting of Trump once I listened to the full audio of his speech about the awful events in Charlottesville. Literally immediately after the 'both sides' soundbite he goes on to explicitly denounce nazis, and yet the media censored that, to make it appear as if he were defending them. It's so blatant, it's insane. Like I've said before around here, in 2016, I couldn't stand the man, but the way the media treats him, I find myself rooting for him. Every problem about Trump is their own creation.

erentz 6y ago

Right. A serious percentage of people think the only way the president can communicate is via Twitter and there’s been this right wing persecution complex building for a few years now that they believe they are constantly being censored. Despite the fact that right wing news and pundits get a lot more shares on social media. It’s all part of the weird twisted mass delusion that we find ourselves dealing with.

YarickR2 6y ago
Any numbers to support the "lot more shares for right wing media" claim ?
roenxi 6y ago
They'd be wrong about only communicating through Twitter, but at this point I demand original long form footage before I believe the media in what a politician did or did not say. They simply don't do an accurate job of summarising.

nostromo 6y ago

Most Americans don’t trust the media to accurately and fairly cover the news. So it shouldn’t be surprising that people don’t want their political leaders’ thoughts filtered through the media.