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Offline corbe

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Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine
« on: December 01, 2017, 04:06:19 pm »

Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine

Jim VandeHei
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There is a very specific — and dangerous — formula for manipulating the media and hijacking the Twitter/cable/conventional media industrial complex. Trump sets this formulaic trap increasingly often. And news organizations keep falling for it.


Step 1: Throw an early morning Twitter bomb, usually but not always timed to "Fox & Friends" fodder or reinforcement. The Tweet-bomb frequently hits "fake news" or some social topic with racial undertones.

 Within minutes, thousands of Trump's Twitter followers retweet it, and the sparks fly in response. Trump knows this and has bragged to staff about the storm he's stirring as he hits "publish."

The data: As president, Trump has tweeted about fake news 124 times, mostly before 9 a.m., and his tweets about fake news average more retweets and likes.

Step 2: The outrage machine kicks in.

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https://www.axios.com/trumps-mind-numbing-media-manipulation-scheme-2513830424.html
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Re: Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 04:10:05 pm »
Liberal Jimmy has some serious butt hurt about Donny calling his business out for being disingenuous creeps....

https://spectator.org/an-open-letter-to-jim-vandehei/
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Re: Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 04:28:10 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 01, 2017, 04:10:05 pm
Liberal Jimmy has some serious butt hurt about Donny calling his business out for being disingenuous creeps....

https://spectator.org/an-open-letter-to-jim-vandehei/

@Frank Cannon

Is a disingenuous creep the same thing as a lying scumbag?  Just curious!
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Re: Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 04:34:17 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 01, 2017, 04:28:10 pm
@Frank Cannon

Is a disingenuous creep the same thing as a lying scumbag?  Just curious!

Yes.
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2017, 04:35:06 pm »
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