• DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Especially from the guy who made the phrase “Fake news” famous.

    He’s definitely sundowning.

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      4 months ago

      It still blows me away that he managed to take over the term “fake news”.

      It was introduced as a way to explain how social media was leading gullible people into MAGA, but he turned it into a term for persecution of MAGA by conventional media.

      It was actually an incredible move. I can’t think of anything he’s spun that well since 2016.

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        4 months ago

        I’m pretty sure Hitler or Mussolini popularized the term (Hitlers translation was closer to "lying press) originally to discredit journalists, socialists, scientists… Etc. Trump has been reported to have Mein Kampf on his bedside table, but I need to actually read it myself to confirm how much of his playbook comes from it. He for sure targets vulnerable, innocent groups (immigrants, women, LGBTQ, etc.). He eroded public infrastructure, attempting to privatize it where he could.