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gabeana

(3,166 posts)
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 05:41 PM Jul 2017

RW always lies why is that?

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/14/media/trump-russian-lawyer-veselnitskaya-theories-obama/index.html

"Over the past three days, members of the pro-Trump media have settled on their answer, characterizing the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, as a leftist with ties to the Obama administration. The idea quickly drifted upward to some of the most influential figures in right-wing media, and then ultimately to President Trump himself, who referenced some of its underpinnings during a Thursday press conference in France as he attempted to explain away his son's meeting with the Russian lawyer.
The theory is based on bits of fact that have been taken out of context or spun in misleading ways to paint a picture that the President and his supporters prefer to the one currently dominating much of the media."

"All that right-wing media needs to do is just throw out some things that appear to be substantive that have some stray facts that the cult will hang on to, and the cult will do everything else themselves," John Ziegler, a conservative media columnist and former talk radio host, told CNN. "They don't need a full theory. No one ever provides a narrative that explains all this. It's just poking holes and pretending the whole story is fake news. It's a classic trick really. It's a shame that's what the right-wing media has been reduced to."
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RW always lies why is that? (Original Post) gabeana Jul 2017 OP
Because their actual policies are horrible and destructive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #1
The only way they win is lying, cheating, and stealing. Initech Jul 2017 #2
Part of the reason is to wear people down. Part of the reason is because their supporters will Solly Mack Jul 2017 #3
Not good at debate. Sneederbunk Jul 2017 #4
That is true. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #12
One other vital component gratuitous Jul 2017 #5
I agree with everything you said. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #11
It's all they have. Quanta Jul 2017 #6
It's the very definition, the raison d'etre. WinkyDink Jul 2017 #7
They feel they have to. dchill Jul 2017 #8
And they claim God is on their side! It puzzles me how any doc03 Jul 2017 #9
Because the end justifies the means TrogL Jul 2017 #10

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
1. Because their actual policies are horrible and destructive.
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 05:43 PM
Jul 2017

The only way they can get people to vote for them is by lying about what they are really up to, to the point where they have to lie all the time and it's become normal for them.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
2. The only way they win is lying, cheating, and stealing.
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 05:43 PM
Jul 2017

They have no other reason as to why they win.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
3. Part of the reason is to wear people down. Part of the reason is because their supporters will
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 05:43 PM
Jul 2017

believe the lies.

Mostly it's because they're guilty of something.

Trump lies because he doesn't know how to tell the truth.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. One other vital component
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 05:55 PM
Jul 2017

They need to sow distrust of our institutions among their followers: Don't trust Democrats. Don't trust government. Don't trust the media. Don't trust your neighbor. Don't trust your own lying eyes. Trust us. We're the only ones you can trust. The party is mother, the party is father. Others lie to you, but we don't. We always tell you the truth. From now on, you put all your trust in us, see?

If you think it looks like a cult, there's probably a very good reason for that.

doc03

(35,324 posts)
9. And they claim God is on their side! It puzzles me how any
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 06:33 PM
Jul 2017

person that claims to believe in God could vote for a pathological lying, crooked, racist that admits to assaulting women.

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
10. Because the end justifies the means
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 07:01 PM
Jul 2017

...even and especially if this includes lying. Lying is permitted if it leads to better things.

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