Do you think most people actually hear his speeches directly or know these things? I'm sure when it's chopped up in the right sound bites it's fine.

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baby_souffle 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Do you think most people actually hear his speeches directly or know these things? I'm sure when it's chopped up in the right sound bites it's fine.

Exactly this. We no longer have a grand total of 3 TV channels; it's a conscious choice to tune to fox news and consume that rage-bate-as-a-distraction.

As long as it's profitable to offer up "bespoke" views of the world to individuals, there's next to no hope of those individuals being able to galvanize under a common and shared set of facts and that's a per-requistie for any sort of mass protest/change.

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turkishdelight 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mostly know Trump through news sites like AP and Reuters. I heard one of his speeches after a flight accident early in his term though and he was blaming retards and amputee midgets for the collisions.

Didn't see any mention of that in the news.

	▲	tzs 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		He was blaming it on DEI, and listed some of the groups he claimed were hired via DEI programs for air traffic control. Most mainstream news covered him blaming DEI and and most mentioned specifically people with disabilities. Many didn't go into the laundry list of specific disabilities Trump mentioned.
	▲	sjsdaiuasgdia 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The sanewashing is pretty bad. The headline probably reduced it to "Trump speaks out on aviation safety".