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OK. To be fair, let's look at the portion you chose.
The last paragraph is mere dicta, but the evidence of its truth is in the huge numbers of millennials who have been subjected to propaganda at school. I doubt if two years of one guy bitching about MSM coverage is any threat to the Fourth Estate. 10 years as a child in a school would be much more susceptible to propaganda.
But the thesis statement is the first: "Donald Trump celebrated Sunday that his campaign to delegitimize the free press is working. Then the author gives the statistics: 46% say the MSM fabricated stories about Trump, 37% say the media does not invent stories. This is proof that Trump is trying to "delegitimize the free press"? Really? I say it is an accurate depiction of a hyper-partisan nation, and doesn't amount to a fart in a windstorm vis a vis freedom of the press. The only people who can delegitimize a free press is the press itself. And remember, half the nation sees no difference between the MSM and the Democrat Party.
This is the part that is most relevant and more than a bit disconcerting by far:
Donald Trump celebrated Sunday that his campaign to delegitimize the free press is working.
The president touted a Politico-Morning Consult poll published last week that found 46 percent of registered voters believe major news organizations fabricate stories about him. Just 37 percent of Americans think the mainstream media does not invent stories, while the rest are undecided. More than 3 in 4 Republicans believe reporters make up stories about Trump.
“It is finally sinking through,” the president tweeted.
The first rule of propaganda is that if you repeat something enough times people will start to believe it, no matter how false. Trump uses the bully pulpit of the presidency to dismiss any journalism he doesn’t like as “fake news.” This daily drumbeat has clearly taken a toll on the Fourth Estate.
The president touted a Politico-Morning Consult poll published last week that found 46 percent of registered voters believe major news organizations fabricate stories about him. Just 37 percent of Americans think the mainstream media does not invent stories, while the rest are undecided. More than 3 in 4 Republicans believe reporters make up stories about Trump.
“It is finally sinking through,” the president tweeted.
The first rule of propaganda is that if you repeat something enough times people will start to believe it, no matter how false. Trump uses the bully pulpit of the presidency to dismiss any journalism he doesn’t like as “fake news.” This daily drumbeat has clearly taken a toll on the Fourth Estate.
The last paragraph is mere dicta, but the evidence of its truth is in the huge numbers of millennials who have been subjected to propaganda at school. I doubt if two years of one guy bitching about MSM coverage is any threat to the Fourth Estate. 10 years as a child in a school would be much more susceptible to propaganda.
But the thesis statement is the first: "Donald Trump celebrated Sunday that his campaign to delegitimize the free press is working. Then the author gives the statistics: 46% say the MSM fabricated stories about Trump, 37% say the media does not invent stories. This is proof that Trump is trying to "delegitimize the free press"? Really? I say it is an accurate depiction of a hyper-partisan nation, and doesn't amount to a fart in a windstorm vis a vis freedom of the press. The only people who can delegitimize a free press is the press itself. And remember, half the nation sees no difference between the MSM and the Democrat Party.
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