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How p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ (Republicans) troll the media (Original Post)
Mr. Sparkle
Mar 2018
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Mass media are complicit conveyer belts of the troll bait. They should do their job.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2018
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MustLoveBeagles
(11,634 posts)1. Very on point
They goad to get a reaction and when we give them one they feign outrage and say we're overacting.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,040 posts)2. Mass media are complicit conveyer belts of the troll bait. They should do their job.
Yes, they want to pump up controversy for ratings, effectively turning news into entertainment. Which is why so many people get their news from explicit entertainment sources these days.
The media must stop using the language of the trolls. RepubliCONs are masters at conning the media into doing this.
The media must stop putting up chyrons like "GOP memo says FBI abused surveillance power", because people don't read "GOP says", they read "FBI abused surveilance power" which is a lie.
See a lot of key stuff starting about 3:50 mark.
treestar
(82,383 posts)3. Seems like the only real answer is get the public to
be more discriminating. We can't give up the free press. Why are people so dumb as to let themselves be manipulated like this? Attack that problem.
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)4. And what does it say about our Media. While Britain is doing Exposes and Investigatory Reporting....