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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @DaShanneStokes
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Terrorism is the use of fear, especially to achieve a political goal. Trump labeling the media the "enemy" achieves multiple goals for Trump: (thread)
Trump calling the media the "enemy" plays into people's distrust of the media, stoking the fears and hate of his supporters. This draws them closer to him and makes them more likely to listen to him and ignore the media.
This enables Trump to increasingly bypass the media to get information he wants his followers to believe directly to them. This enables him to spread self-serving propaganda more easily.
The media is one of the few institutions capable of spreading facts that contradict Trump's lies and propaganda. Trump attacking the media enables him to spread more lies and avoid being held accountable to the truth.
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