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TOM TOMORROW: 21st Century News Cycle (Original Post) Hissyspit Sep 2016 OP
He omitted the step where pundits blame Mr Obama for it. n/t malthaussen Sep 2016 #1
Well, the trending for that step is waning gratuitous Sep 2016 #2
Remember when Benghazi was Obama's fault? lame54 Sep 2016 #5
After blaming one target comes the line "They both do it". gordianot Sep 2016 #3
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #4

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Well, the trending for that step is waning
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:23 PM
Sep 2016

Now, it's trending to blame Hillary Clinton for that thing we all hate, and why won't she have a press conference so we can all blame her for that thing we hate (even if we don't quite know why we hate it).

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
3. After blaming one target comes the line "They both do it".
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:40 PM
Sep 2016

This comes most often when there is overwhelming evidence that only one party is guilty.

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