Sometimes I wonder if the man is not simply brilliant in getting the Left all torqued up about his tweets, such that they don't actually seem able to focus on substantive issues.
I think it's more that sometimes he's just trolling the NLMSM, and they're too self-absorbed to recognize the trolling from the chaff from the substance.
It would be one thing if it were just a lot of people poking fun at him for "covfefe" on social media. But when CNN is devoting airtime to a typo (see https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBMy42fXYAAWrb6.jpg), then yes, I wonder if they're not just getting played. Because they're putting their attention and focus onto trivialities like this, and people SEE that they're doing so. It weakens their claims of impartiality and objectivism, as well as making them terrible unserious.
That may be the most substantive debate the media has had about Trump.
ReplyDeleteInternet Performance Art. Gotta love it.
ReplyDeleteThere's always the quest. http://www.theonion.com/article/washington-post-reporter-frustrated-every-space-pa-56136#0
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Sometimes I wonder if the man is not simply brilliant in getting the Left all torqued up about his tweets, such that they don't actually seem able to focus on substantive issues.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a more likely explanation if he were successfully moving his agenda while they were distracted.
ReplyDeleteI think it's more that sometimes he's just trolling the NLMSM, and they're too self-absorbed to recognize the trolling from the chaff from the substance.
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It would be one thing if it were just a lot of people poking fun at him for "covfefe" on social media. But when CNN is devoting airtime to a typo (see https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBMy42fXYAAWrb6.jpg), then yes, I wonder if they're not just getting played. Because they're putting their attention and focus onto trivialities like this, and people SEE that they're doing so. It weakens their claims of impartiality and objectivism, as well as making them terrible unserious.
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