LRT: "The apology tour" story is an early example of just how completely the right-wing media complex was dedicated to insulating their viewers in a cocoon of constructed reality where it basically became impossible for them to ever vote for Democrats.
Today, when they judge Trump on foreign policy, the bread-and-butter Republican voters aren't comparing him to any actual president but to a fantasy they were sold of a bumbling, deferential President Obama who definitely went around the world, apologizing for America.
And if you try to tell them it didn't happen, they'll say "We all saw pictures."
The power of framing. Tell your viewers President Obama is apologizing for America, show pictures of him respectfully greeting other heads of government and state... now that's what the picture is.
The power of framing. Tell your viewers President Obama is apologizing for America, show pictures of him respectfully greeting other heads of government and state... now that's what the picture is.
