I'm genuinely curious about something @davidpakman . People in the media keep saying that they're shocked about this and that when it comes to the Trump presidency. really? still? From the outside looking in..this constant 'this is so shocking' does not seem genuine. It stopped being shocking long time ago.
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Yeah, I agree. Nothing about the Trump administration shocks me anymore. I think using language like that is part a conscious choice from journalists and people in the media's attempt at keeping all this from getting too normalized, but sadly, I also think it's just to get those views either for a catchy headline or to make things seem ultra dramatic so you keep watching during live broadcasts, which cable tv lives on.
@thespacebetween I am almost certain it is the latter. I wish it was the former.
I think a few people have good intentions, but even good intentioned people can go astray with trying to make a buck or get more views in troubling times. I'm sure it must be difficult wanting to present the news and give ones opinions while knowing that if you don't "spice it up" with short dresses or scary words people will stop watching and you won't have your platform anymore.
Maybe I'm just hoping for the best though. I just would rather not become too cynical.
You're right it did, but it shouldn't, and that's the point, as far as I understand it.
We can't allow this guy and his friends to get us numbed to their way of speaking and doing things. That's why the media acts shocked, because they try to cling to a pre-Trump reality while Trump tries to change the game entirely, talking about fake news and messing up the narrative every time he can. He takes shots at the very concept of truth. He counts on the fact that if his presidency is consistently absurd, every single day, in the end people will get used to it and stop noticing. So yeah, we have to remind ourselves that by our normal, traditional moral standards this stuff should indeed shock us.