RE: Are you a Trump supporter?
April 15, 2018 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2018 at 10:18 am by henryp.)
(April 15, 2018 at 8:01 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(April 12, 2018 at 10:27 am)henryp Wrote: CNN for the last 18 months or so seems like at least once a week been posting in big red text on the homepage how some event is going to be the end of the Trump presidency. And every time that happens, someone posts in politics about the newest headline, with "Get ready for Jail Donny!" But then a few days pass, and it's over. And at no point during this 18 months has anyone taken a step back and said "Hmm, I think CNN may be sensationalizing these headlines a bit."
Do you recognize the disconnect in what you guys thought was going to happen, and what actually happened with all of these incidents? And that it keeps happening over and over and over.
Remember Donald hasn't paid taxes since whenever. And then they leaked his tax return to Maddow, and Rachel was like "Yup, he paid some taxes" as her big reveal? And then that story about him never paying taxes disappeared forever and was never mentioned again? The fact media was strongly implying something that was false never really got addressed. Just onto the next thing.
Just blink twice if you recognize on some level that you're being manipulated into some probably unjustified opinions.
You realize that it is actually possible to assimilate new information as it comes out, while at the same time recognizing the media’s sensationalizing of that information, yes? Understanding how the media works doesn’t make Trump any less of an objective douche, and a probable criminal.
If people recognized the media's sensationalizing, I don't think they'd buy in like they do. And really, it may not be the media that's the root of the problem. The media just helps some people get to where they want to go? Because the goal for a lot of people seems to be "Imagine the reality that is the worst regarding the opposition, and assume that's true." I think the media in a lot of cases is just helping people think up a worst possible reality.
Hillary and pizzagate is a great example. Hillary is a lousy person, and probably a criminal as well. But that in no way justifies thinking she ran a child sex ring or whatever that story was out of some pizza place. If this were a conservative forum, I'd ask the same question of right wing folks.
What do you think keeps people from noticing they've been wrong/misled over and over without adjusting how they come to their next opinion?
