• Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    This really is a big problem, “look at what this person said” type stories are basically how Donald Trump Rose to power, his words quoted as if they were the news itself, without any sort of filtering to fact checking. If he had simply been reported as lying without repeating the LIE his power would be significantly reduced

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      3 days ago

      but how do you do that when the maga base all believe there is a big kabal against them. If the reporters just say the politician lied the base will claim the reporter lied.

      either they need to call out the politician on the first lie and not let it go further until they respond with the explaination or you give them absolutely no air time, not even stating they lied. make them responsible or invisible.

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        1 hour ago

        Trump didn’t have his base when he first started out in 2015. At this point the play is to just wait until Trump dies of natural causes which probably won’t take long