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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump gets worse treatment by the press than "Honest Abe"? Ya think? There's a reason for that
Liberty Belle
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(52,318 posts)the press often gives him huge amounts of free publicity, and rarely does anything "worse" than report on what he actually says, often accompanied by the exact kind of "controversy" and complaining *from the exact people he's trying to offend*.
if completely plays into his hands when donnie says something racist, and then the press quotes black people getting offended. really, all it does is prove to donnie's base that it worked.
remember when your mom told you to just ignore the bully, don't give him the satisfaction of knowing he hurt you? this is the media's epic fail with donnie, they just love to give him all the attention he craves, and love to let everyone know just how effective his insults are.
horrible, horrible strategy when dealing with a bully.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Well, he forgets the time that President Lincoln was pummeled with vicious questions at Ye Olde Airporte outside of Washington D.C. He stood there on the the brick pavement runway, strong and proud as they grilled him.
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)Not everyone wanted that kind of ...WAR...
"Let the South go...why fight over it".. some said..
But Trump makes things up, and he knows very little. Lincoln also got horrific press because the ..WAR...went on too long..Some people thought it would be over in a few weeks or months.
But Lincoln knew as did his advisors. That this ..WAR..would be horrific, and it was horrific. The Civil War, killed more than any other war, and by far a greater percentage of the population died because of it.
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another note in the news:
The Stupid Committee of America, rejects Donald Trump for membership for only one reason.."Much too stupid to be a member of our Committee"
brewens
(13,620 posts)draft. That does not get you good press, even if it couldn't have been avoided. He did end up being called "Honest Abe" though, so overall it couldn't have been too bad.