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by Limbosmullet (2023-12-28 21:00:32)
Edited on 2023-12-28 21:11:31

In reply to: You know, not everyone elected to office  posted by sprack

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The extremes are in fact the whole issue. We are in Weimar right now. By giving equal weight to trump vs the field in 2016 is what led to trumps presidency and ultimately Jan 6th. It also did real harm to our democracy.

To catch you up Trump was created by the media. He was one of the first reality tv stars and a known conman / grifter. It wasn’t a worry at the time because he was a celebrity playing a business man without any real power. Trump is massively entertaining and a tv star. The apprentice was the number 1 or 2 show for at least 5-7 years. During 2016 in an effort to improve their short term financial result, the news media waived any editorial discretion and chased ad dollars by cutting live to trump who people watched because he is a tv reality star and not a politician. He also said crazier and crazier shit that got more and more clicks. Trump summarily wiped the floor with all of the politicians and will again this time. Why am I so sure? Quite simply trump has an unfair advantage he has had over a decade of reality tv training. NBC pumped in millions of dollars of production, media training, marketing for and around trump and politicians without reality tv experience read inauthentic on tv. It’s like watching Ronald Reagan vs Dan Quayle. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel for Trump. The issue is when the media gives equal weight to a grifter reality star and established politicians then you are playing a dangerous game.

The winner of the apprentice gets 1m from nbc the winner of the electoral college gets the keys to the nukes….





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