Spin Master Trump
06-17-2018, 10:21 AM (This post was last modified: 06-17-2018, 10:22 AM by robkelk.)
06-17-2018, 10:21 AM (This post was last modified: 06-17-2018, 10:22 AM by robkelk.)
CBC Analysis: Trump's fixation on 270% milk tariffs, FBI texts shows how he 'cherry-picks' truths to justify actions
It's a very basic spin technique, but Trump does have it mastered.
As an example: Remember how Trump was demanding a probe into the whether the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign? He got that probe, it reported in, and Trump immediately dubbed the report "#Spygate". Never let the truth stand in the way of spinning a single cherry-picked fact. (In this case, the cherry-picked fact was that FBI agent Peter Strzok wrote back to a FBI lawyer: "We'll stop him." Never mind that there's no evidence Strzok abused his position to persecute the president, or that Strzok was taken off the case - Trump is spinning a single comment by a single person into an organization-wide conspiracy. This is the same illogic that claims, because BlackAeronaut lives in Texas, everybody with an account on this forum is a Texan oilworker, and never mind the truth that not everyone here lives in the USA and even BA isn't in the oil industry.)
It's a very basic spin technique, but Trump does have it mastered.
As an example: Remember how Trump was demanding a probe into the whether the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign? He got that probe, it reported in, and Trump immediately dubbed the report "#Spygate". Never let the truth stand in the way of spinning a single cherry-picked fact. (In this case, the cherry-picked fact was that FBI agent Peter Strzok wrote back to a FBI lawyer: "We'll stop him." Never mind that there's no evidence Strzok abused his position to persecute the president, or that Strzok was taken off the case - Trump is spinning a single comment by a single person into an organization-wide conspiracy. This is the same illogic that claims, because BlackAeronaut lives in Texas, everybody with an account on this forum is a Texan oilworker, and never mind the truth that not everyone here lives in the USA and even BA isn't in the oil industry.)
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown