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senseandsensibility

(25,168 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:24 PM Saturday

This breakdown on covering trump is precisely what the corporate media pretends not to understand

As he wrote today on bluesky: You always have to pay attention to what is actually happening, not what Trump says is happening. Because Trump lies about everything. Too often media serves as Trump's daily stenographer, passing along his propaganda verbatim.

So simple. Yet the corporate media still regurgitates his every utterance without calling him on the constant lies, contradictions, fantasies, and downright incomprehensible statements. Just reports it verbatim. Then when it turns out to be baseless, they breathlessly wait for his next pronouncement so that they can "report" that. And on and on.

Until they understand that, to paraphrase Stuart Stevens, it is all a lie the cycle will continue.

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This breakdown on covering trump is precisely what the corporate media pretends not to understand (Original Post) senseandsensibility Saturday OP

"Until the understand..." Lemme stop you right there; insert Upton Sinclair salary quote. nt RockRaven Saturday #1

Yes, they go to great lengths not to understand senseandsensibility Saturday #2

I get the point, but we really do need to hear for ourselves how his dissent in to dementia lindysalsagal Saturday #3

Oh absolutely senseandsensibility Saturday #4

RockRaven

(19,555 posts)

1. "Until the understand..." Lemme stop you right there; insert Upton Sinclair salary quote. nt

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:28 PM

Saturday

senseandsensibility

(25,168 posts)

2. Yes, they go to great lengths not to understand

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:48 PM

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something so simple I'm afraid. The end result is an endless cloud of BS that only confuses their viewers or readers. But I guess that's the point.

lindysalsagal

(22,970 posts)

3. I get the point, but we really do need to hear for ourselves how his dissent in to dementia

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:05 PM

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is going.

senseandsensibility

(25,168 posts)

4. Oh absolutely

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:11 PM

Saturday

Play it all, quote it all, show it all in all its hideousness In fact, it should all be shown and then rigorously questioned by an adversarial media. All for it. But since he won't tolerate hard questions, the in studio "journalists'" response should be fact checking. No sanewashing. No showing short clips and then spending hours "deciphering" them.

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