RE: Steemit, do you believe the porn star claiming she had an affair with Trump?
Or that theoretical poll could be interpreted as a damning statement to the credibility of the media. I’m not a Trump supporter, but it’s very startling that so many people still blindly believe the mainstream media and are angry at Trump for tweeting so much. I don’t know what’s true, but I know that the media comes from the narrative angle of the story being true. This leads non critical thinking people to ‘know’ it’s true, which propagates the opportunity for more and more outlandish claims. (I’m sure you could say the exact same things about the other side. That’s the point. Almost nobody is willing to look at these stories with nuance or shades of grey.) having said that, I always enjoy civil dialogue and am happy to look at things from all possible sides.
He lies. A ton. About everything.
From the small stuff...
...to the big stuff...
...to the dangerous stuff..
He's the most prolific liar to ever take the office. It's pathological.
When he blames everything on the media and cries fake news, it's a diversionary tactic to protect his own ego from being challenged. Which is a shame because there are legitimate reasons to criticize the media, but he's now turned that into a "boy who cried fake news" scenario.
I understand your point of view. Furthermore, I agree(obviously) with your examples. I’m sure you are smart and that would get along well. Having said that, I’m a historian and I have written papers on American history. I see history through a long lens and have seen much worse lies-even by great presidents. Lies(especially false pretences for wars and foreign regime changes) by former Presidents have caused millions of deaths. Andrew Jackson going back on his word(lying) and sending the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears was due to broken promises and broken treaties(lies). The lies causing/escalating the Spanish American War, Vietnam War and The Iraq Invasion caused horrific carnage and decades of ramifications that still are felt today. As well as these, Nixon was impeached for ostensibly lying. Here’s something you may find noteworthy - Lincoln suspended freedom of the press. He shut down over 60 Northern (Union) newspapers. I don’t condemn these former presidents, I only mention these examples to give context.
It is easy to point out lies of Trump because the media gleefully perpetrated and celebrated them instead of repressing them like they have for literally centuries with presidents who ‘played ball’ with them.