figmentPez
Staff member
The National Security Advisor doesn't get involved with the President's conversations with foreign leaders. Seems like the President's conversations with heads of state might just be a matter of national security, something that might need advising about, but apparently not?
A stable genius some might say
Dave
Staff member
"Seven score and seventeen years ago...what's a score? Is that how many points the northern guys got? They lost seven to seventeen? I thought the south lost. Well that's great! Beautiful! Great people on both sides. And they're tearing down the statues to these brave men. Destroying our history and the-the Antifa terrorists...bad people. All of them bad people. They hate America! I don't know why they hate America. I know they hate me - it's true! They hate me because I get things done! This administration has done more more the Antifa thugs than any other president in history. And do they thank me? No! They riot. They throw things at the police - who are all good people just trying to do their jobs! Heroes! Anyway. I accept the nomination. Make America great again!"
So you're his speech writer, huh?
Dave
Staff member
Even what I put was too coherent.
Dave
Staff member
I couldn't make my brain type any more. Even that was difficult.
figmentPez
Staff member
Can news outlets please stop quoting Trump when someone else would be a better source for the information? There was an officer involved shooting near the President's press conference today, and the article I read from ABC news quoted Trump so much I have no idea what actually happened, because Trump is either lying, incoherent, or both. What is the point in peppering the entire article with Trump quotes?
figmentPez
Staff member
Are there really that many more people who will only read an article if it's mostly Trump quotes, versus those who will still read an article if it quotes Trump, but also more reliable people?
Advertisers and shareholders seem to think so. And it's all about appeasing them instead of serving the public trust these days.
Or at least it is for the media conglomerates.
News has become a business. Generating income/profit has become the priority over actual reporting, and entertainment is more effective than education at holding the viewer's attention. The majority (of their viewers) only want confirmation of how their ideas are the "right" ones, so validate them and stroke their ego a little bit, and you guarantee yourself a captive audience that you can then reliably milk for views.
--Patrick
--Patrick
figmentPez
Staff member
One of the worst parts is that I'm pretty sure the right-wing trash is using that as a selling point. "You know we're telling the truth because we're doing it for free! They just want to make money, so they'll tell their subscribers whatever they want to hear!"
Dave
Staff member
If right wing was pay and left wing was free they'd say, "Their news isn't even worth paying for!"
It has nothing to do with anything except the demonization of the other side. And their base eats it up like candy off their cousin's ass.
But you can't effectively share an article behind a paywall on Facebook.
People read?
I'm sure there'll be some bipartisan commissions to try and help prevent this sort of thing from happening again, as a lead-in for a time of reconciliation and unification, as past grievances have to be left in the past and the nation has to look forward to a better tomorrow. Just remember to vote for the right old white guy!