Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "How Trump Manipulates The Media" video.

  1. Badmunky64 Part of the problem, as former Daily Show host Jon Stewart has mentioned many times, is the 24-hour news cycle. It started in the '90s with CNN and its 'fantastic' (profitable) coverage of the Gulf War. I especially despise the "I'm a reporter on the ground with my eyes squinted because things are tough out here but look at how valiant I am for doing it!" tactic. Fox, of course, copied the hell out of it, but leaned more towards newsrooms with one-on-one (anchor-viewer) messaging, hence its ability to project extreme views, while CNN has leaned into panel debates, giving the viewer the novelty (s)he wants and the false sense of superiority for listening to a 'discussion.' It really is a cancer. I'm not saying we should go back to the 'three channels' model, because I like options, but CNN should broadcast things from Ted Turner's collection in Cartoon Network to make profits, instead of creating drama from a dog with a cone on its head. Or something just as dull.
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  2. I'll probably regret commenting before posting, especially because this can be interpreted as political, but.... I'd be willing to wager that Trump's 'genius' is less his master plan, and more a result of his years working in real-estate. I don't think he's book smart, so to speak, but he can read a crowd like nobody else, and knows how to get the two forward-looking emotions— fear and hope— churning in his voters. Again, classic sales tactic. I'd go so far as to say (given his financial history) that he's more of a salesman than a businessman, but he's damn good at it!
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