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Tanuki

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8. Kellyanne had to plant that "Lugenpresse" ("dishonest media)
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:48 AM
Jan 2017

dogwhistle for her boss' neo-Nazis constituency.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/the-alt-right-has-adopted-an-old-nazi-term-for-reporters?utm_term=.mbMv2LoY1W#.ftj41ajXAr

"It's become a familiar routine by now: Trump supporters haranguing the press at rallies, booing them and screaming at them.

“Tell the truth!” and “CNN sucks!” have become staples at nearly every Trump rally. On Saturday night, a new and foreign accusation came to the fore: “Lügenpresse!”

The term, which means “lying press” in German, has a history dating back to the mid-1800s and was used by the Nazis to discredit the media. In recent years, it has been revived by German far-right anti-immigrant groups. And on Saturday, it made an appearance at a Trump rally in Cleveland, Ohio.

After the rally finished, one man approached the press pen and shouted insults, accusing the media of being in the tank for the Clintons and being “bought and paid for.” Another man, wearing a Make America Great Again hat and holding a sign with the same slogan, walked up beside him and began yelling at the press that we were “lügenpresse,” adding that the phrase means “lying press” in German. The first man started shouting it too, then turned to the second and made a self-deprecating remark about not pronouncing it right.'........

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