Jon Stewart for the win!

[Roland99]

8. Constructive criticism take on the interview....

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1057633977308143616.html

Going to THREAD on this.
Next item is a screen grab from the transcript.
There is a way out of the dysfunctional cycle between Trump and the press, that not only restores the core mission of the 4th Estate, but saves our democracy in the process.
Let's lay it out... /1

2/ Here's the transcript. Read @camanpour's last line.


Everyone can understand it. And democracy desperately needs journalists to rise above it.
Here's how:
STEP 1. Read up on Russian propaganda tactics & techniques. Understand that you are dealing w/a President...

3/...who is well-versed & possibly trained in them.

STEP 2. Realize that he is intentionally TROLLING & TRIGGERING you. You are taking bait. Not just to change a larger narrative, but bait that is specifically designed to DISMANTLE YOU. You are the target. (cont)

4/ Once you realize that, it's easier to see it and adjust.

STEP 3. Take note when you feel the physical effects of a trigger. You can FEEL the emotions triggered rise in the moment you're being psychologically triggered. Take a deep breath. Dismiss all thoughts about self...

5/ Then...
STEP 4. Use that trigger as a blinking red light for what he's trying to distract you away from. It is only one thing: Corruption.
FOLLOW THE MONEY.
When he is actively triggering you, it means you are over the target. You are right on top of a story...

6/...that he is extremely threatened by. Reinterpret the threats & hits from him about the "fake news - enemy of the people" as indicators that you are right on top of a story that presents a dire threat to him.
You are right on top of the whole enchilada.
In this context...

7/... He is NOT trying to use you to appeal to his base. STOP telling yourselves that. He has an entire far right media machine for that.
He is trying to get you OFF YOUR JOB. He is psychologically terrorizing YOU. Specifically. So...
What he's actually doing is telling you...

8/... (by terrorizing you), that you are ON THE TARGET. See it that way.
And when he is triggering you to get you away from his corruption...

STEP 5. Do not drop your line of inquiry to enter some fight over his lies. His lies are propaganda. Meant to distract. (cont)

9/ Do not use his semantics, like "caravan" or "nationalist". Those are pieces of propaganda, deployed at perilous moments TO HIM, in order to distract & hijack a narrative (see Step 1 above. this is why I'm asking you study up on it).
THERE IS A REASON HE IS DOING THIS.
So...

10/ STEP 6. Look at the most dangerous story to him personally at the moment when a new, or old, propaganda semantic is deployed - and PRESS HARDER on that story.
Dollars to doughnuts there is corrupt money-dealing underneath it.
I'll end this with a simple illustration...

11/
When was the last time you asked him a question about MbS?
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