2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHe's a bullshit artist
Plays the media like a fiddle.
How long will they continue buying in?
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)drops, they will drop him.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)We shouldn't credit Trump with smarts or talent. His bullshit simply plays well in the media.
It's not as though he has the ability to be anything other than what he is.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Its just a fact. People are attracted to this for the entertainment value.
People voted in Arnold in California simply because they thought it would be "fun".
I think the same thing is going on now.
beaglelover
(3,460 posts)I didn't get the pissed off vibe from MSNBC too much. The entire press was rickrolled this morning.
Starbuck2239
(29 posts)COMPLAIN. Email. Write. Call in. Post. I just sent CNN an email complaining about how they "covered" Drumpf's arrival this morning for 50 minutes. I also sent The Guardian an email complaining about a headline they posted this morning, using the slur "Democrat candidate Clinton," and they actually wrote me back agreeing with me, and said they'd try to correct it. Both emails took me about 90 seconds.
The Rs and cons have succeeded in scaring lots of msm gatekeepers to be SO afraid of looking like they have a "liberal bias" that they now bend over backwards to do anything to avoid it. So Drumpf gets a pass. And how did they accomplish this? BY COMPLAINING. By "playing" the refs. And they've succeeded.
We need to do the same. It does not take much energy to write media and complain, especially after you've done it once. Add their addresses to your email address accounts, and they pop up in a second. Then take 20 seconds to write a couple sentences. Tip: be civil, but let them know you're watching or listening, (or not) and why.
I've complained to "Meet the Press" and received a real response from a producer. I once wrote Brian Williams a letter (years ago) about him putting Rush Limbaugh on the 6:30 news and he (or someone) actually wrote me back.
Believe me, they are listening -- but to whom?
SHRED
(28,136 posts)I just started at DU, and see there are hundreds of thousands of posts. I wonder what effect it might have had if just 10 percent of these comments had been sent to media (when/where appropriate).... Instead of always posting here and preaching to the choir.
Just a thought.
benld74
(9,901 posts)A practitioner of confidence tricks; one who befriends another to take advantage of them, or gain something from them