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In the tweet that got a lot of attention, what he said was "It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!"[1].

by kemayo 4y ago

In the tweet that got a lot of attention, what he said was "It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!"[1]. That "a large percentage" bit, along with how he fairly-commonly used "fake news media" to mean all non-explicitly-conservative news sources explains why people felt he was attacking the press in general, I think... [1]: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025115155632455680 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/10251151556324556...

logicalmonster 4y ago
I feel it important to write the full tweet you're quoting in context. > They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!
- kemayo 4y ago
  I don't think that changes anything about what I said. He's still explicitly saying that a large percentage of the media is an enemy of the people.
  - logicalmonster 4y ago
    Is it impossible to imagine that a large percentage of the media is driven by more than a pursuit for the truth or even just their own paycheck?
    - kemayo 4y ago
      At a level where we could say they're "fake" and "the enemy of the people"? I'm skeptical.
  - hot_gril 4y ago
    Then the New Yorker could have said that instead of what they said.
LarryMullins 4y ago
> along with how he fairly-commonly used "fake news media" to mean all non-explicitly-conservative news sources I think he left things like this generally vague, so that his fans could fill in whatever details they personally found the most compelling. The very "make America great again" catchphrase is a perfect example of this; what exactly constitutes "great" and what era is he talking about when he says "again"? Discontent millennials could think he was talking about the 90s while boomers who thought the 90s were shit could conclude he was talking about the 50s. tl;dr classic demagoguery

by kemayo 4y ago

logicalmonster 4y ago

I feel it important to write the full tweet you're quoting in context. > They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!

kemayo 4y ago
I don't think that changes anything about what I said. He's still explicitly saying that a large percentage of the media is an enemy of the people.
- logicalmonster 4y ago
  Is it impossible to imagine that a large percentage of the media is driven by more than a pursuit for the truth or even just their own paycheck?
  - kemayo 4y ago
    At a level where we could say they're "fake" and "the enemy of the people"? I'm skeptical.
- hot_gril 4y ago
  Then the New Yorker could have said that instead of what they said.

LarryMullins 4y ago

> along with how he fairly-commonly used "fake news media" to mean all non-explicitly-conservative news sources I think he left things like this generally vague, so that his fans could fill in whatever details they personally found the most compelling. The very "make America great again" catchphrase is a perfect example of this; what exactly constitutes "great" and what era is he talking about when he says "again"? Discontent millennials could think he was talking about the 90s while boomers who thought the 90s were shit could conclude he was talking about the 50s. tl;dr classic demagoguery