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> This can be seen as a 4D chess move by CBS. It isn't. CBS is owned by the Ellisons, who are big Trump supporters. They are absolutely complicit in attempts t
by hackyhacky 8mo ago
> This can be seen as a 4D chess move by CBS.
It isn't. CBS is owned by the Ellisons, who are big Trump supporters. They are absolutely complicit in attempts to quash dissenting voices.
You're right that the Streisand effect is in play here, but it's not 4D chess. It's garden-variety incompetence, because the policy makers in the government are too old to see anything other than broadcast TV as the most valuable medium.
- mindslight 8mo agoComedians have a knack for succinctly expressing the truth: > "Let's just call this what it is: Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV because all Trump does is watch TV," Colbert joked.
- tialaramex 8mo agoTechnically doesn't Trump also spend a lot of time golfing, and attending events where people praise Trump - admittedly for broadcast on TV but not necessarily while watching TV? I see that it's become harder to track because the White House doesn't disclose what he's doing as much, but yeah, lots of golf still.
- mindslight 8mo agoSure, jokes are often technically incorrect while performing a directionally-correct summation of the truth of the matter. But also, the few times I've been unfortunate enough to have to go to mega golf venues, the clubhouses generally have TVs prominently all over the place. So there is quite the demographic overlap.
- ishouldstayaway 8mo agoHN's penchant for pedantic literalism will never cease to amaze (and dismay) me.
- tialaramex 8mo agoIt's a joke man, Colbert isn't the only one allowed to make jokes, so don't be dismayed.