bfng,
i'll leave you with the last word as we're starting to talk around each other, but let's look at this statement:
you're using some euphemisms here. he's not a "typical politician", for instance. to some extent, this is true: typical politicians will say technically correct things or be careful to craft their words so they're not caught blatantly lying.
but Trump, having no sense of shame whatsoever, -will- blatantly lie. and he'll lie in a constant stream of tweets, each of which will be reported in the news.
so the media will accordingly pick this up, and report on the lie, and this is now considered "negative".
if Trump actually wanted less negative media, it would be very easy for him: he would merely need to stop tweeting. as a bonus: get staff to check to ensure he's not saying a blatant falsehood. it would certainly slow down the constant media churn. but that's not him. Trump -revels- in negative media, precisely because he believes it fires his supporters up. he has no interest whatsoever in being less inflammatory.
you don't need to. i said he "heavily hinted" at it, which is a correct statement. it's also why he felt the need today to actually SAY that he doesn't have the tapes...because he said a while ago that he would make a grand reveal on whether or not he has tapes.
so this will drive media articles into why Trump felt the need to heavily hint that he had the tapes in the first place, or why Trump wanted to dangle this out if he didn't actually have tapes, etc etc etc. which are all relevant questions.
i'll leave you with the last word as we're starting to talk around each other, but let's look at this statement:
You're using the fact that trump isn't a typical politician as an excuse or justification for 'news' outlets being blatantly bias and negative.
but Trump, having no sense of shame whatsoever, -will- blatantly lie. and he'll lie in a constant stream of tweets, each of which will be reported in the news.
so the media will accordingly pick this up, and report on the lie, and this is now considered "negative".
if Trump actually wanted less negative media, it would be very easy for him: he would merely need to stop tweeting. as a bonus: get staff to check to ensure he's not saying a blatant falsehood. it would certainly slow down the constant media churn. but that's not him. Trump -revels- in negative media, precisely because he believes it fires his supporters up. he has no interest whatsoever in being less inflammatory.
Unless there were follow up tweets or comments from him actually making the claim, which is more than possible I have not followed every report/comment/tweet/response or what have you on that one? if so, then I apologize for the comment if its not true.
so this will drive media articles into why Trump felt the need to heavily hint that he had the tapes in the first place, or why Trump wanted to dangle this out if he didn't actually have tapes, etc etc etc. which are all relevant questions.
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