Popular Post VILLAMARV Posted January 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, Chindie said: I'd love a psychologist to sit down and assess Trump. He's now spouting off about the media en masse colluding to downplay the size of the crowd for his inauguration. 2 things. Firstly, his ego appears to be so fragile he can't take the idea that he's not popular enough to draw a particularly large crowd. And secondly... He cannot honestly believe the world's entire media is choosing to cover up the size of a **** crowd. The photos, the videos are there. The crowd was awful. Putting aside his hateful politics, I'd be concerned having such a personality in such a position. He's a couple of bad headlines from doing something stupid to make up for the size of his hands. He doesn't. If anyone else has followed the way Putin has dealt with the media in Russia during his tenure Trump is doing the same but just loads more blatant (like everything he does). The underlying premise is that you undermine the public's faith in all media and actively push out factually incorrect 'news'. Some of the stuff is blatantly false, some not so blatant, some believable and some actual factually correct news, Good or Bad. In that environment it becomes, over time, impossible for the people to spot the difference. The objective is obviously to control the media by way of controlling the narrative. Something that was less complicated in the days of the print media (With Hillsborough the shining example in our lifetimes). Putin has even been found to be indirectly funding many of the dissenting groups within Russia. Arranging protests and so on. The 'goldengate' scandal was the perfect example. In his press conference which should have been about his business affairs, possible collusion with foreign powers and the billionty stupid things he's said and done, he managed to totally control the narrative and like I said REALLY BLATANTLY when he shut down that journalist. Apart from the scary/masterful way he dodged any questions about his business dealings by sending that lawyer out to filibuster for 15 minutes, he spent the rest of the time basically discussing whether some post on reddit was true or not and everyone seems to have lapped it up. It's sexy, it's miss world, it's like Bond, in Russia with miss world only it's also really gross and voyeuristic and even if you don't believe it we'll all remember it more than what that lawyer said and that's the play. I think if you look back at the bit where he says the story is false he is utterly believable. When the journalist follows up with where it came from he starts his usual distraction nonsense and looks rather shifty. I think that tells it's own tale to me. Get used to it too because this is how he's going to play it for as long as he lasts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chindie said: I'd love a psychologist to sit down and assess Trump. He's now spouting off about the media en masse colluding to downplay the size of the crowd for his inauguration. 2 things. Firstly, his ego appears to be so fragile he can't take the idea that he's not popular enough to draw a particularly large crowd. And secondly... He cannot honestly believe the world's entire media is choosing to cover up the size of a **** crowd. The photos, the videos are there. The crowd was awful. Putting aside his hateful politics, I'd be concerned having such a personality in such a position. He's a couple of bad headlines from doing something stupid to make up for the size of his hands. This is nothing more than hateful propaganda. Trumps inauguration is the most watch inauguration ever. Trumps press secretary tells us so! Sean Spicer: Trump inauguration had largest audience ever Edited January 22, 2017 by LondonLax 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Spotted on the women's march today: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) There's actually audible laughter when the chief propagandist says it's the largest crowd to ever witness an inaugration, at 2:29 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/white-house-press-secretary-berates-media-for-inauguration-coverage/2017/01/21/383dc5ee-e02b-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_video.html The White House appears to have edited out the laughter in their version. Edited January 22, 2017 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I give it 12 months until a 'Trump News TV' channel is to be created to act as the official 'unbiased' news channel of 'the people' in a bid to counter act the lies, false narratives and misrepresentations of the anti trump government free press. Then another 6 months until every home in the US has to have a framed picture of the beadle handed lunatic hanging on their living room wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2017 This has been linked fairly widely over the last few days. An interesting watch if nothing else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xann Posted January 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2017 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: There's actually audible laughter when the chief propagandist says it's the largest crowd to ever witness an inaugration, at 2:29 The White House appears to have edited out the laughter in their version. With this attitude to press announcements and with Trump's seemingly pathological lying, it's as though they've begun the administration with the kind of bunker mentality that usually accompanies the death throes of a regime in dire trouble. Edited January 22, 2017 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I wonder how the blatant gaslighting will go down when trump/spicer have to address actual issues, not something as unimportant as **** inauguration crowd numbers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, snowychap said: He was comedy gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 But sadly 7 million below Obama's first inaugration. Even when he does tell the truth, he does so very selectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2017 2 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: I wonder how the blatant gaslighting will go down when trump/spicer have to address actual issues, not something as unimportant as **** inauguration crowd numbers. They won't be addressing actual issues in public, in fact, we'll do well to be able to figure out exactly what the actual issues are - that's largely the point I think. "Look into my piggy eyes, don't look around the eyes - hey, that lady's fat, lol!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theboyangel Posted January 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, Davkaus said: But sadly 7 million below Obama's first inaugration. Even when he does tell the truth, he does so very selectively. I bet the vast majority of viewers were watching hoping to see a live assassination. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Even when he does tell the truth, he does so very selectively. And people say he's not a politician 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 Sean Spicer (Lil' Donald) is totally unhinged. Yelling at the press, litigating crowd size and then NOT taking questions is pure Trump. They're spoiling for a fight and they're going to get one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 What the actual ****? 'Alternative facts'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: What the actual ****? 'Alternative facts'? I think we have our "economical with the truth" meme for the 2010s. Just be careful you don't get caught out telling a whopping alternative fact. Edited January 22, 2017 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 It's dangerous. They're gaslighting an entire nation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Not so much 'alkternative facts' as 'an alternative to facts'. All of this double-speak and deception over something as trivial as the size of a crowd ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2017 To paraphrase their own mantra: You won. Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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