Trump is Trump. There is nothing new about man. But there is still a lot to learn more about its potential. Many, from GOP activists to Fox News hosts, are helping to undermine democracy by denying elections and attacking reality. So many people are complicated.
People like Maria Bartimo. Formerly a world-renowned journalist known for telling the CIO the truth, he now calls Trump a liar after liar. Sunday morning was his first “interview” with Fox News on Fox News since he lost the election, but it wasn’t an actual interview. He was not ready to accept that he lost, and neither did she. He pointed out
Deceptive weakness. It was complicated. And that’s far from the only one.
CNN Sunday night Ron Bronstein: As Trump’s conspiracy theories about “tough” elections become increasingly imaginative and far-reaching, affecting DOJs, the FBI and Republican governors, Republican silence in Congress – especially Mitch McConnell, especially Kevin McConnell, This allows the poison to spread in the American political system – a modern analogue of the silence of Republican congressional leaders during the McCarthy seasons of the early 1950s. I think there will be history though as Joseph Welch said Mitch McConnell’s attempts to look the other way and find a parallel to what many Republican leaders have done have no problem, sir ‘do you have any manners?’
Trump is retreating
He lost the election about four weeks ago but refused to accept it. Giving an opinion through his tweets, it spreads deeply even in denial. The Bertiromo interview was a sign that he was ready to go to war in public – a disruptive display of weakness that some interpret as strength. His Thanksgiving Even Q&A with reporters was another sign of the same thing. After a call with members of the army, he asked questions for the first time in three weeks.
“Longest distance” His presidency – largely by deception and fraud. When he came out, a reporter asked, “Is this the language of a dictator?” And another said, “Mr. President, some people say you’re denying reality.”
On Sunday’s “Reliable Sources,” Jonathan Rauch put Trump’s recent statements in the context of an information war. Trump is running a “classic Russian-style disinfo campaign, known as the ‘fire of lies,'” he said, adding that you can “advance as many different stories and conspiracy theories and lies and half-truths as possible.” “.” The goal here is to confuse people, and he’s doing it pretty well. That’s the decent thing to do, and it should end there. “
>> Craig Mazin, producer of HBO’s “Chernobyl.”
Reacted Changing one of the most memorable lines of his series with Rauch to my field: “The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, we will no longer recognize the truth at all.”
Murdoch owns this
Trumpism is a big part of Fox’s business model. The men who controlled Fox, Rupert, and Lachlan Murdoch were clearly pleased with Bertiromo’s publicity, proud of his Trump psychopathy that they re-broadcast it at 3 a.m. at 10am ET.
Then, at 4 p.m., news anchor Eric Shannon-Trumpetli broke the fact of what Trump and Bertiromo had just created. (No wonder Trump attacks Fox’s weekend news anchor.)
Said Shaw Trump “doubled his claims of widespread voter fraud in local and national election officials in the 2020 election, as well as in federal and state courts in several states – and in some cases Trump campaign’s own lawyers say there is none. Evidence to prove it,” he added. Experts say such claims are just unsubstantiated lies that are not supported by any facts. “
It is clear, persuasive language. So why did Fox broadcast all of Trump’s claims without any real-time follow-up? A Fox spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump said Hannity “gets it,” but …
While Trump praised Mark Levine’s show “Last Night” during Sunday morning’s phone call with Bertiromo, Saturday’s broadcast was a repeat of a six-day-old episode of Levine’s show. He also said, “Sean Hannity, he knows, he gets. He gets.” I mean … what? Or does Hannity believe Trump won the election? On Sunday night, Hannity posted a tweet saying that the media helped Trump oust Ka from office, which was mainly significant for his entry into the presidency. To understand some of the rage on the far-right,
Take a look at Hanniti’s replies to the tweet.>> A few days ago I quoted a longtime broadcaster at Fox as saying, “Our audience has become very radical,” and that’s a lot about it. Audience. Bertiromo’s Sunday morning show has a much larger audience than the day after Fox Newscast.
Darcy’s questions
Oliver Darcy writes: “In the past, Maria Bertiromo has been portrayed as a member of Fox’s ‘live news’ section – one of Fox’s hands who serves as Brett Byrne and Chris Valace Les faces. So it’s worth asking: Where are they? Are they OK with them? Colleagues who love the flames of collective conspiracy theories? Do they think that perverted behavior represents them well? “
>> Darcy’s other questions: “Is Trump ‘coming out of his shell’ to speak? Will he call Hannity and ‘Fox and Friends’ in the coming days?”
The irony is rich
Liver Darcy adds: “If you’ve seen Fox News in the past week, you’ve no doubt seen a segment or two of aggressive reporters lobbying for ‘softball’l’ questions at Biden. Surprising double standards and hypocritical ap-collar performance. Next time Batiromona.” Interview “Think about it, Fox is nervous about attacking reporters for questions they ask Biden or members of his next administration …”
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