aquascoot wrote on Oct 1
st, 2019 at 9:02am:
Fake news my friend is the new norm
get used to it
Trump because he was paying attention realised that this was the case in about 2015
Trump because he was paying attention saw that most people were now getting their news from Google and Facebook
The major TV networks and traditional media outlets are in a death spiral
They are going broke
As they go broke they employ less journalists and do less legitimate research.
And here is the real kicker
As they clamber for eyeballs they resort to clickbait and sensationalism and so by the very definition of what they are trying to achieve they are becoming more and more unreliable extreme and full of gossip and crap
The only thing a politician can now rely on is his own core energy
People can't tell fact from fiction
So they are just going to read body language and non-verbal cues
Trump is an absolute master of body language and non-verbal cues and he will demolish any opponent in the current media climate
You should study that for about 5 years
Mr Trump learned about fake news from his media liaison man, John Barron.
John Barron was also Mr Trump.
John Barron would call the gossip columnists and spread rumours like Prince Charles was considering an apartment in Trump Tower. Or Mr Trump got along swimmingly with Princess Di. John Barron said Mr Trump had dated her a number of times.
You see? Fake news. In reality, Mr Trump was selling apartments to Saudi sheiks and Russian oligarchs, those considered the nouveau rich. Today, of course, those connections have formed the basis of Mr Trump's foreign policy.
The old money on the East Coast hated greedy little conmen like John Barron, not to mention the corrupt foreign thugs he did business with. The media lapped it up because it sold newspapers and magazines. The gossip columnists didn't mind putting a few fake news tidbits out there. "A source says..." and "an anonymous reporter told..." were the tabloid equivalent of Mr Trump's usual source, "everybody". As in, "I mean, everybody's saying it."
That person, of course, is Mr Trump.
Mr Trump is one of the fake news pioneers. He might have failed with his big investments, but he's never been stuck for a lie. Mr Trump is of the school of all publicity is good publicity. He failed to see why the old money would be revolted at this. Fuelling stories about his affairs, his marriage breakups, his dirty laundry, Mr Trump could never understand why the Establishment didn't respect him.
All Mr Trump has ever wanted is a positive article in the Post or the Times. All Mr Trump has ever wanted is to be
believed.Do you think it's time he changed tactics?