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Re: We are all Slave now.
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Originally Posted by Adder
The thing is, though, that his falsehoods are not random. If they were, you'd expect him to correct himself eventually or to err in a direction that doesn't reinforce his argument. He does not do that. Which makes it pretty easily to believe that rather than just being the idiot you think he is, he actually understand that propaganda he is practicing.
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He understands the effect of what he says, and he doesn't care about the truth. Given that he so manifestly does not care about the truth of what he says, the media needs to find new ways to report on him that do not presume that he says things in good faith. That's not about fairness to him -- that's about fairness to their readers, and not being fooled. And given that he bullshits all the time, it is nonsensical to say that a reporter is biased for using the word "inflated" when Trump uses inflated numbers, and to see no bias when the same reporter describes the White House's state of mind in a light favorable to the White House. Sebby's Heads-You're-Biased-Tails-I-Win attitude is part of the problem.
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