All y’all reporters dutifully typing up Trump flacks claiming he didn’t hear “the one part” of the video with “white power” should add the context that it was *8 seconds in* and that Trump is a racist liar.
Your job isn’t to simply transmit their bullshit.
Your job isn’t to simply transmit their bullshit.
Try this: “A Trump aid who lies regularly on behalf of his racist boss says Trump didn’t hear ‘white power,’ even though it came only 8 seconds into the video he tweeted and is consistent with his well-established racism.”
That’s 100% factual, and not stenography.
That’s 100% factual, and not stenography.
And if instead of providing this useful context, you quote the Trump aide touting enthusiasm for Trump, please quit your job immediately.
How absolutely brain dead do you have to be to think that the president tweeting a white power video means you have to quote his aide’s praise for him?
“Trump’s paid liar savvily included praise for Trump in his bullshit response to questions about Trump tweeting a white power video, so I am compelled to quote that praise. Well-played, sir, that’s some A+ comms work.”
