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kentuck

(111,052 posts)
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 08:07 AM Aug 2019

It's a simple little trick...

Just get up early in the morning, tweet any kind of bullshit, the more controversial the better, and it will be the news story of the day. Especially when the leader of the free world does it.

It's a simple way to control the narrative and to deceive and hide the real truth.

The media, with their 24/7 coverage, are always looking for something to talk about. The more political, the better. Trump's tweets fit into their garbage reporting very nicely.

It has worked for almost 3 years now, and there is no reason to expect it will change?

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It's a simple little trick... (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2019 OP
whatever they say, whatever trump says rampartc Aug 2019 #1
I like what Rachel Maddow keeps reminding us. Delmette2.0 Aug 2019 #2
++++++! 2naSalit Aug 2019 #3
Like Cesar Millan says, when a small dog is tugging against the leash, flipping around, etc. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #4
"It's a simple way to control the narrative and to deceive and hide the real truth." mitch96 Aug 2019 #5

rampartc

(5,385 posts)
1. whatever they say, whatever trump says
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 08:09 AM
Aug 2019

the media and trump love one another. they have become totally symbiotic.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
4. Like Cesar Millan says, when a small dog is tugging against the leash, flipping around, etc.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 08:44 AM
Aug 2019

You have to let them drain their energy. This is part of it.

His tweets are like a small unstable dog that fights against leash training.

He thinks he'll keep up the pace, and his owners will get tired, and let him not be on the leash.


Only a couple of times, Cesar couldn't handle the dogs, a bulldog, and a cattle dog.

Rump is no bulldog or cattle dog. He's an inbred toy poodle.

mitch96

(13,870 posts)
5. "It's a simple way to control the narrative and to deceive and hide the real truth."
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:40 AM
Aug 2019

I'm curious if this has set a new bar in prez politics.. Will future presidents use social media to control the narrative? You know if a future Prez (dem or repuke) tweets the MSM will repeat it as nauseam...
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