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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    And on it goes, day after day, a thickening fog of diversion and obfuscation, taking public attention away from the FBI’s investigation into possible treason by Trump and his aides, and focusing it instead on a thickening smog of other controversies.

    Trump knows that reporters need stories, and he is only happy to oblige. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous or baseless they might be. The more they obscure the big story, the more useful they are.

    Trump figures that at some point the murk will seem too complicated and too partisan.

    By then, even if the FBI and other intelligence agencies find that Trump or his advisers colluded with Russian operatives to win the election for him, it won’t much matter. Trump and his surrogates will have created an impenetrable fog of claims and counterclaims, plots and subplots, unproven allegations and lies.

    The public will have become lost and confused in the fog — exhausted, confounded, cynical. Facts and findings will vanish. It will all come to seem like politics at its worst.

    Could Trump get away with it? Possibly.

    Trump cranks up fog machine to confuse American public

     
  2. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

    Anything with one source is a question mark from the start. Even that guy says he has to sift through a lot of misinformation.
     
  3. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    What do we do next, YF?
     
  4. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
     
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  5. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

    Hmm. Pondering an option that has not been considered until now.
     
  6. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    We've been over this time and time again.

    We don't know who the source is, or what was said and how it was said between the source and the reporter.

    All we have the media outlet's reputation to determine if this was properly sourced.

    Reuters is, by and large, a respected outlet. That this particular report turned out to be right strengthens that reputation. It doesn't weaken it.
     
  7. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    C'mon, @YankeeFan . Answer the question. What's next, smart guy? Can't find the answer on Twitter, buddy.
     
  8. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

    Eh? We don't know who the source is, but the media outlet's reputation should make up our mind for us?

    I realize Twitter and "because PRESIDENT TRUMP" have eroded some standards, but unless the choice was have nothing or go with the Reuters article at the end of the cycle (whatever that is these days), I'd wait for some confirmation.
     
  9. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Well why is that?the living constitutionalists have turned them into the most powerful people in th.e country.
     
  10. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    When would have been a good time to put trump in office?
     
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    The report was right.
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    The Era of Good Feelings?
     
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