Snake Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 You know, I used to be among the group that believed that President Trump’s twitter usage was no big deal. I thought he used it to tweak the press, to get them to overreact, and to generally misdirect them while he did other, more significant things in the background. Not any more. Now, I believe that he should tweet more, and find even more ways to subvert the press to get his message out, and to do so with all the passion and bombacity he has ever shown. Why the change of heart? Because of this past Sunday, March 15, 2020. I saw firsthand what the press is willing to do to stoke the panic in this country over a virus that while certainly dangerous, is not likely to approach plague level death, even in those countries most affected. I’m not even talking about the way the press has given us every worst case scenario they could dream of in that serious, authoritative voice they use to inform us of our impending doom. That’s bad enough. No, what finally put me over the edge was a simple thing, really. I wanted to know what Trump said at his press conference on Sunday. And it was not very easy. Think about how you get news: you go to your favorite news site, or you turn on the TV, and you skim through the headlines. See what the top stories are. And yes, Sunday evening, there were plenty of articles about Coronavirus everywhere I looked. And then on a local news aggregate, I saw that Trump had given an address about the state of things. And when I clicked the link… it was broken. But I saw that it had come from a local news station, and I went to their website, and looked for the article. It wasn’t on the front page, but I did find it as #7 on their most read stories on the sidebar. Clicked on it, and got a wire article that started off with this: President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Americans to cease hoarding groceries and other supplies, while one of the nation’s most senior public health officials called on the nation to act with more urgency to safeguard their health as the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown. Great lede, don’t you think? That last sentence especially really puts it all into perspective, essentially saying that Trump is urging people to stop panicking, but one of the leading experts is urging for even more drastic measures. Great. Now try to find the press conference from Sunday. Not coming up? Well, the article I pulled that quote from didn’t give a link to the address itself, but to the daily CDC briefing, and as a live link. Not the last one they gave. And definitely not to the address that Trump gave. So I googled “Trump address Sunday”, and found a few articles that were basically the same wire report quoted above. And the videos the search gave me were mostly from the previous week, but none from Sunday. So I tried this: “Trump march 15”. The second video was this one, which is a clip from the address, but not the whole thing. Still, some good information in there, if you care to watch. And a slam of the press for spreading fake news, which is looking more and more justified. Because the next thing I looked for was Dr Fauci’s wanting a 14 day national shutdown. That was the implication you got, wasn’t it? But it took me a bit to find that actual video as well. And it was not exactly what it was advertised to be, what a shock. Dr Fauci urged caution, preferred over-reaction to under reaction, but also urged rational approach. Not all areas needed a shutdown, he said. And not all places were going to be as affected. And the situation is serious, but not dire. But don’t trust me, watch it for yourself. I hate the press right now. The words they use are designed to scare. The stories they highlight are the most extreme. They do not compare it to previous pandemics, or even to the typical flu. The misinformation is subtle, and they claim to be giving us the facts, but then they spread rumour and innuendo. Are the facts there? Kind of. If you look. But not it’s not what they highlight. Look at that opening paragraph again. Half a sentence of Trump the authoritarian jerk. The rest is dire projections and how we need to ignore him. We’re in the midst of a panic. It’s unnecessary, counter productive, and quite frankly, dangerous. The press is asking, “Can we handle this?” and then telling us that we really can’t. So now, I want Trump to route around them. Find ways to spread the message, and by all means, mock the press. When this passes, and it will, be the one who looks like he hadn’t lost his mind. And then do a super cut of all the ways the press stoked this inferno. Just be prepared to cut it down a bit. Because no one watches videos that last for days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Stupid as fuck. His tweets are nothing but lies and rhetoric. Yeah, let's increase that. What a blubbering baffoon. Neal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Stupid as fuck. His tweets are nothing but lies and rhetoric. Yeah, let's increase that. What a blubbering baffoon. Neal you missed the point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Just now, DriftBusta said: you missed the point. He has been 10x more reliable than the media. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Snake said: He has been 10x more reliable than the media. Ummm no. He lies constantly and accuses the media of fake news when they fact check him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 So the solution to fake news is to counter it with fake news? Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 A month ago he bragged about getting ride of the pandemic team. This week he claimed he didn’t do it. He called the question nasty when the reporter called him on it. Seems like a viable question. Last week he claimed everyone coming into the country was being tested. That was a complete lie. Why would you think he would lie less if the media left him alone? What is more shocking is That you believe anything he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Ummm no. He lies constantly and accuses the media of fake news when they fact check him. Speaking of liars. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 @Snake Thinks The media lies and we should listen to Trump’s Twitter for the truth. Yesterday the twitter in chief claimed he always knew it would be a pandemic. Today he tweeted that it “snuck up on us” We just had video of him saying talking about getting rid of the pandemic team a month ago. Then more video of him denying doing it. Trumpsters are like the flat earth society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 23 hours ago, irv said: Speaking of liars. the biggest er on the site 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnManOral Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Faggs is gutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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