Trump Releases "Fake News Awards"

[luckyshot]

This is truly pathetic.

And it is even more pathetic that they are listed on the official GOP site.

https://www.gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/

The "highly anticipated fake news awards" are in reality, a list of eleven stories with factual errors. Most of these stories are petty and trivial, such as: "CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister" and "Newsweek FALSELY reported that Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake President Trump’s hand."

Now, admittedly, the pettiness and triviality run both ways; the news media is sometimes complicit.

Also, admittedly, there is a trolly aspect to this that is quite funny; Trump is funny.

But there is a deeper and more important point here: Trump knows that behind the humor, he is corroding Americans' trust in factual narrative itself. That is his purpose. Put out enough stories about how the press was wrong about minor details, and it becomes easy to convince the public that they are just lying about or fabricating major stories, such as details of the Russian investigation.

There is an insidious strategy to mocking factual narrative that, when combined with human cognitive errors (such as confirmation bias and false equivalence), is a true threat to the functionality of our democracy.

Humor is a weapon, and a dangerous one.

I should also point out:
1. Eleven stories make up a TINY percentage of the total amount of press coverage Trump receives.
2. Previous politicians had to deal with these same type trivial and petty stories.

 

[machidafan99]

I really liked it tbh.

 

[SammyPops]

Great use of the POTUS and his staff's time and energy.

 

[KILL KILL]

The "highly anticipated fake news awards" are in reality, a list of eleven stories with factual errors. Most of these stories are petty and trivial, such as: "CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister"

I'm glad we got to the bottom of this. We don't want people thinking the president overfeeds fish.

 

[Falsedawn]

The Independent straight skewered this cat lmao.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ship-bad-cnn-new-york-times-fox-a8165406.html

No, the United States might not be a “s**thole” in the conventional sense – but the place is absolutely riddled with complicated problems that nobody seems to want to try and solve. That’s why so many of us are desperately craving direction. Americans need a leader who’s willing to take a fundamental stance, put in the hours and keep us focused on what really matters.

Instead, we’ve been saddled with a sad, orange clown who likes to invent imaginary awards shows in a pathetically half-arsed bid to try and topple the fourth estate.

...

The entire thing was infantile and pathetic on so many levels.

Normally, if the world’s biggest man-baby wanted to waste God knows how long dreaming up and promoting a made-up list of awards to try and castigate the media for doing its job, that would be just fine. But you know what? This man-baby happens to be the President of the United States – and a lot of us could be forgiven for wrongfully assuming the leader of the free world might have some more important things to be doing with his time.

 

[Sketch]

Good stuff, great read. Funny article. The best fake news awards ever. The very best.

 

[Makani]

That's pretty cringy, even for Trump. A President should be funny sometimes, but when he has such thin skin it all just comes off as petty.

 

[tehend]

Meh.

 

[pinger]

What a fucking shitshow this guy is.

 

[oleDirtyBast4rd]

The Independent straight skewered this cat lmao.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ship-bad-cnn-new-york-times-fox-a8165406.html

Blah blah orange clown blah blah. So damned predictable

 

[Supereem]

That's pretty cringy, even for Trump. A President should be funny sometimes, but when he has such thin skin it all just comes off as petty.

It is strategic. He is humiliating the US press and exposing their bias. Now people will continue to second guess what they say, even if it’s true.

 

[Falsedawn]

Blah blah orange clown blah blah. So damned predictable

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Blah blah orange clown blah blah. So damned predictable

You're right. The orange clown you worship is predictable. "The president will be a national embarrassment today" is a pretty easy prediction to make.

 

[HereticBD]

The dilemma CNN must be having right now, to cover this or not.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

His war against the press is the worst thing about him.

 

[Hearse Lightning]

The Independent straight skewered this cat lmao.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ship-bad-cnn-new-york-times-fox-a8165406.html

Lol at "Desperately craving direction" and needing somebody to keep them focused on what matters. You're an adult. Look in the mirror, there's your spirit guide and he's probably not orange so there ya go. Nothing to complain about.

 

[Falsedawn]

Lol at "Desperately craving direction" and needing somebody to keep them focused on what matters. You're an adult. Look in the mirror, there's your spirit guide and he's probably not orange so there ya go. Nothing to complain about.

 

[luckyshot]

His war against the press is the worst thing about him.

And tell me how you feel seeing this posted on the official GOP site... I think that is possibly the very worst thing about this story... that and the fact that it is the lead headline on Fox News as we speak.

I really liked it tbh.

And zero people were shocked.

 

[Hearse Lightning]

I'm rubber you're glue.

 

[dittohead84]

Greatest POTUS ever