The manipulation of journalism-
Is perhaps Donald Trump’s only real talent.
His career was created by-
Deceiving the media into presenting him as a budding tycoon
When he had done almost nothing in business.
He used the media to re-inflate his reputation repeatedly-
After repeatedly driving the business he inherited into the ground.
He expertly learned how to bully critics-
While courting sycophants.
The traditional Trump family response-
To having its secrets spilled to the public-
Is to call the leaked information fake
Insist the sources do not exist,
(While simultaneously denouncing the leakers for their treachery.)
Donald Trump understands-
Enough about the workings of journalism to loathe it
Work to undermine it by discrediting it as “fake news”
Cultivating propagandists who undermine journalism's values
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019...washington-post-email-trump-organization.html
bodysong comment- I disagree with Jonathan Chait's statement,
when he writes that "The manipulation of journalism is perhaps
Donald Trump’s only real talent." Donald learned the ways of
grift and swindle from his grandfather and father. Roy Cohn
taught Donald deeper ways of deception, corruption and
manipulation.
2018/01/07
One quote attributed to the president should have surprised no one:
the one in The New York Times where the president asked,
"Where's my Roy Cohn?
In a moment of crisis, the president cried out for the man
from Trump's past whom the Times described as his
"personal lawyer and fixer." Far more than that, Cohn
was a legendary and controversial attorney who pushed
legal tactics to the limits for a dazzling array of clients —
from senators to mobsters and high rollers in sports and
entertainment.
Cohn was Trump's model in the handling of public relationships
and media warfare.
Cohn was known for pushing aggressive tactics to the limits
and beyond, especially for filing lawsuits and countersuits
to bully his adversaries. In the last two decades of his career,
he was investigated by federal authorities for perjury and
witness tampering, among other charges. In 1986, a panel
of the New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division
disbarred Cohn for unethical and unprofessional conduct.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/07/576209428/president-trump-called-for-roy-cohn-but-roy-cohn-was-gone
Is perhaps Donald Trump’s only real talent.
His career was created by-
Deceiving the media into presenting him as a budding tycoon
When he had done almost nothing in business.
He used the media to re-inflate his reputation repeatedly-
After repeatedly driving the business he inherited into the ground.
He expertly learned how to bully critics-
While courting sycophants.
The traditional Trump family response-
To having its secrets spilled to the public-
Is to call the leaked information fake
Insist the sources do not exist,
(While simultaneously denouncing the leakers for their treachery.)
Donald Trump understands-
Enough about the workings of journalism to loathe it
Work to undermine it by discrediting it as “fake news”
Cultivating propagandists who undermine journalism's values
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019...washington-post-email-trump-organization.html
bodysong comment- I disagree with Jonathan Chait's statement,
when he writes that "The manipulation of journalism is perhaps
Donald Trump’s only real talent." Donald learned the ways of
grift and swindle from his grandfather and father. Roy Cohn
taught Donald deeper ways of deception, corruption and
manipulation.
2018/01/07
One quote attributed to the president should have surprised no one:
the one in The New York Times where the president asked,
"Where's my Roy Cohn?
In a moment of crisis, the president cried out for the man
from Trump's past whom the Times described as his
"personal lawyer and fixer." Far more than that, Cohn
was a legendary and controversial attorney who pushed
legal tactics to the limits for a dazzling array of clients —
from senators to mobsters and high rollers in sports and
entertainment.
Cohn was Trump's model in the handling of public relationships
and media warfare.
Cohn was known for pushing aggressive tactics to the limits
and beyond, especially for filing lawsuits and countersuits
to bully his adversaries. In the last two decades of his career,
he was investigated by federal authorities for perjury and
witness tampering, among other charges. In 1986, a panel
of the New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division
disbarred Cohn for unethical and unprofessional conduct.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/07/576209428/president-trump-called-for-roy-cohn-but-roy-cohn-was-gone
