Donald Trump, pseudo-president: Media embraces his latest "pivot" like the proverbial drunks under..

[DonViejo]

WEDNESDAY, MAR 1, 2017 11:35 AM EST

Donald Trump, pseudo-president: Media embraces his latest “pivot” like the proverbial drunks under a streetlight

Only because the bar has been set so low for Trump's presidency did that litany of lies qualify as "presidential"

CHAUNCEY DEVEGA


You have probably heard some version of the following story. A cop is walking his beat and sees a drunk guy on his knees, crawling around under a streetlight crawling on the ground. The cop asks the man what he is doing. The drunk replies, “I’m looking for my keys.” The cop asks, “Where did you lose them?” The drunk points across the street to a dark alley and says, “Over there.” The cop asks, “OK, so why are you looking for them over here?” The drunk responds, “Because the light’s better.”

Old habits and impaired thinking lead to a sub-optimal outcome.

In the age of President Donald Trump, too many members of the American news media have acted like the drunk searching for his or her keys under the streetlight. They are looking for answers in all the wrong places.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, the American news media gave Trump at least $3 billion worth of free coverage. His buffoonery and boorishness were and are good for advertising revenues. Throughout those months, the media desperately awaited Trump’s “pivot” back to the “mainstream.” This moment never came. Instead, Trump doubled and then tripled down on his reality-show professional wrestling shtick and right-wing extremism to win the White House.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/01/donald-trump-pseudo-president-media-embraces-his-latest-pivot-like-the-proverbial-drunks-under-a-streetlight/

[cilla4progress]

1. I really believe this is fear-driven.

Like climate change deniers. Like Van Jones.

For me, I am finding I have PTSD from election night. I have like a vasovagal response where I am overcome by fatigue and it's all I can do to drag off to bed. This happened to me for the 1st time on election night when the outcome became clear. It happened again last night. It doesn't happen when he hold his dumbfuck rallies; I think its only when he's being "normalized." When I realize this is the new normal.

I know that the brain has a mechanism where one will faint under panic. I think that's it for me.