Trump Thread

[Sarmatian]

I meant did Flynn surreptitiously confer with such a number of different overseas politicians as well?

Probably, because Paul Ryan said:

"With respect to Michael Flynn talking to other governments during the transition: That's his job. That's what he is supposed to be doing. It is entirely appropriate, it is actually the job description, to talk to other nations, to ambassadors, to start beginning relationships. That is very much appropriate," Ryan said.

This is also illustrating how flawed it is to rely on various comedy/late night shows to digest the news for you, which I see a lot of people doing. They don't have deep enough understanding of politics and their primary function is to entertain.

Even serious news organizations are starting to rely on questionable sources, and news are getting published with less and less expert scrutiny beforehand.

[Brenus]

Even serious news organizations are starting to rely on questionable sources, and news are getting published with less and less expert scrutiny beforehand.

Social media and new journalism schools for you: The Buzz, speed and conformism.

[Husar]

But in the end all that does is blame the consumer since the news organizations try to do what increases their ad revenue or sales or whatever makes them more money. In other words, they only react to what the users want. If they uphold journalistic standards and go down because only five people read their articles, that doesn't help anyone either.

Now we can go further and ask ourselves why many/most people don't take the time to read well-researched articles...

[rory_20_uk]

The Russians recently said that their propaganda wing has updated from the Soviet era where they tried to argue logically that their way was right (and generally failed). Now they try just to drown the airways with noise as most of the time people loose sight of what is in fact true amongst everything else.

Trump also appears to be using the same playbook.