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To be clear, he's saying that it felt like everyone already had their message about Uvalde coordinated before the Uvalde event had fully come out in the news to

To be clear, he's saying that it felt like everyone already had their message about Uvalde coordinated before the Uvalde event had fully come out in the news to the point where even The Gap, a store as removed as possible from being a news organization, had a message prepared. That feels different than "people at the Gap knew about Uvalde". Is that still an insane thing to say?

djur 4y ago
First, he said that it "felt like the people at the Gap knew about the school shooting that Matthew McConaughey was talking about before it even happened", comparing it to the movie _The Truman Show_. In response to Carlson's request for clarification he does say "I'm not saying that they did" but he clearly doesn't rule it out, either. Second, it's not clear what statement by The Gap he's talking about, but my guess is that this is related to the delayed launch of his product line: https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/kanye-west-gap-push-back-yeezy-gap-engineered-by-balenciaga-launch-uvalde-school-shooting-1235075178/ https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/kanye-west-gap-p... The "coordinated message" here appears to be "it is bad that children were killed".
- z7 4y ago
  So the most upvoted comment claims West said "the "people at the Gap" knew about Uvalde". But he actually said "it felt like" that was the case, while adding that "I'm not saying that they did"? I mean, maybe we should just stick to what he actually said. I wonder how accurate the other claims about his claims are.
evan_ 4y ago
They knew there was going to be a mass-casualty school shooting ahead of time because there's a mass-casualty school shooting every few months in this country It's a (sad) reality that if you're doing any kind of public relations you need to plan for the very real possibility that your giant brand launch is going to coincide with a national tragedy.

djur 4y ago

First, he said that it "felt like the people at the Gap knew about the school shooting that Matthew McConaughey was talking about before it even happened", comparing it to the movie _The Truman Show_. In response to Carlson's request for clarification he does say "I'm not saying that they did" but he clearly doesn't rule it out, either. Second, it's not clear what statement by The Gap he's talking about, but my guess is that this is related to the delayed launch of his product line: https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/kanye-west-gap-push-back-yeezy-gap-engineered-by-balenciaga-launch-uvalde-school-shooting-1235075178/ https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/kanye-west-gap-p... The "coordinated message" here appears to be "it is bad that children were killed".

z7 4y ago
So the most upvoted comment claims West said "the "people at the Gap" knew about Uvalde". But he actually said "it felt like" that was the case, while adding that "I'm not saying that they did"? I mean, maybe we should just stick to what he actually said. I wonder how accurate the other claims about his claims are.

evan_ 4y ago

They knew there was going to be a mass-casualty school shooting ahead of time because there's a mass-casualty school shooting every few months in this country It's a (sad) reality that if you're doing any kind of public relations you need to plan for the very real possibility that your giant brand launch is going to coincide with a national tragedy.