Edit: Just to clarify, my stance here is not “ignore everything Trump.” He has done and will do quite a lot of things that warrant attention and concern. He’s also a serial liar and world class bullshitter. A human testament to the phrase, “actions speak louder than words.” Donald Trump’s political success has always hinged on the fact that people are quick to forget that. He’s already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
The media should certainly respond to Trump’s bullshit, but the response should be to ignore it and keep asking what his plans are to reduce prices, end inflation, and all the other impossible, contradictory promises he made to get the morons in this country to vote for him.
Fucking yes, stop making “were going to name it gulf of America”, “make Canada the 51st state”, “Texas is going to secede from the US” big news.
These are either distractions, attempts to control new cycles, political tools, or attempts to energize voter bases.
TX seceding is one of the oldest. Texas secession would all but nearly ensure the US never sees the election of another Republican president or significant political majority. It’d be political suicide. They’d lose dozens of electoral college votes, Congress people and more.
I think the word you are looking for is secede. But also you are right Texas will never succeed.
Yes, ty. Voice typing is bad lol
I swear it’s just one dead cat after another with this guy. It’s like someone is feeding him this nonsense to keep him busy, and by extension, the media and most of us.
He’s already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
That too. Good call, OP.
I encourage everyone to call non-news what it is - a distraction - until it’s actually a thing that’s happening. In the meantime, consider browsing the AP to read what’s actually happening that’s being masked by all this noise.
Trump is actually threatening to invade Panama, that’s not just a ‘distraction.’
Trump actually did try and lock Hillary Clinton up, it wasn’t just bullshit.
I despise the extent to which denialism hides in believing that if we ignore or don’t report on the facts of Trump’s terrifying actions (speeches are actions) that will somehow improve the situation.
Yeah, all his campaign promises and bow he’s working on Renaming the Gulf of Mexico because reasons and he’s prepping to invade Greenland, apparently.
What’s even more stupid is that we’ve already done this. We’ve already lived this stupid-ass reality, and the media made public apologies at the end, only to turn around and do the exact same thing again. I’ll say one thing for trump, he’s right that the media is a circus, and not something to blindly trust. That’s probably the one and only time you’ll hear me say trump was right about anything.
I’m glad someone else realized this too.
I realized something, ever since 2016 we have been trained by the media to constantly be outrage over words that may never become actions.
So now I only care if an action is made. All this “news” about trolls trolling the world is just a big nothing burger that you don’t need to know unless you actually work in politics.
I would go as far as to say it should become a rule on some news subs that a controversial figure saying something controversial is not news.
It’s not an unpopular opinion if we look at declining viewership of news channels or readers canceling newspaper subscriptions.
Ignorance is not a solution. I can ignore cars while walking across the street, but it’s probably a bad idea since I might get hit. This motherfucker is going to affect the future of the planet, so all hands on deck, red alert, pay attention. The man is a criminal, he should be in prison, not running a country. I want him feeling like he’s under a microscope with the whole world watching.
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you want a billionaire owned multimedia ad revenue agency (aka the “news”) to stop hyping the billionaire backed chaos cheeze monkey and the stupid shit it says?
This is exactly why instead of expecting the media to evolve or adapt I encourage people to walk away from corporate news.
I’m not a zealot, so follow it if you like, just know that it has its own goals and one of them is to hook you on its crappy product and convince you that it is the sole arbiter of truth…when it’s really stuffing its billionaire-sponsored narratives down your throat.
The reality is that if the news were in any way objective and about “the truth”, it would steadily maintain reality-based positions over time, but it doesn’t. It adapts based upon what its billionaire owners want and based upon the whims of the electorate – all the while pretending that it does nothing to influence the whims of the electorate when it very clearly does.
The greatest conman the world has ever seen.
I’ve blocked all US magazines and other social media channels I can, and I’m so much better for it.
When the moron actually invades Canada I’m sure I’ll hear about it in the news.
And, frankly, this magazine is on notice. If it starts being 100% US politics it’s getting blocked as well. I have zero regrets about this new policy I’m implementing.
frankly, this magazine is on notice
Um, what are you talking about?
Kbin/Mbin folks sometimes call communities magazines. They’re threatening to block this comm.
TIL. ty
We can’t afford it. Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume and 60% of the crude oil we refine. We need your partnership more than he’ll ever admit, especially now that our grid is regionally strained by AI and EV adoption.
Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume
That is completely false. In 2023 the US generated 4257 TWh compared to Canada’s 615 TWh. The US only had a net import of 19 TWh
You’re right. The source I used was from 2022, and we imported nearly a third of that in 2024.
Regardless, we need them more than Trump will admit.
Is the concept of invasion not clear?
You don’t have to ask once you invaded.
Sure this is an unlikely scenario but saying Donald can’t afford to lose a partnership by invading an allied country is not understanding the problem.
I’m referring to adverse diplomatic action. Invasion comes with its own set of financial consequences in the form of tariffs from NATO countries.
And, frankly, this magazine is on notice. If it starts being 100% US politics it’s getting blocked as well. I have zero regrets about this new policy I’m implementing.
You say this like someone is going to change their behavior based on it. No one at all has regrets about you choosing to exercise the block early block often ethos of the fediverse. I salute your decision to control your own feed.
I’m sorry our politics is everywhere (sincerely) - I’m not going to stop talking about it though.
what are you talking about, hysterical attention grabbers are their meal ticket.
For me the ideal option on another topic was to hide or unsubscribe from all relevant channels after finding the one that does frequent summaries I can read from time to time. If Trump\Elon drama could’ve been reduced to one weekly summary with added context and factcheking that would probably erase the need to follow these news articles completely.
They’ve been doing that non-stop for the past decade and made millions over millions from that
Do you really believe they’d stop today?
All media/journalism is struggling to make ends meet and no one in (real) media wants Trump to be in power. This cynical theory of the media is fucking stupid.
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Oh yeah, they are indeed struggling to make ends meet which is exactly why they’re doing this because THIS is what makes them money. Outrage sells so if they have to sell trump, they sell trump.
Is it cynical? I’m sure it is, it’s also what it is
That’s so fucking stupid! They’re covering it because it’s news!
The problem is his friends own a lot of the media
Post a pic of a pleading cat on a UK community with the title “Please can I have some food”
Some yank immediately - “Yah this is what happens when you vote republican”
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SHUT UP FOR FIVE FUCKIN MINUTES 😂
Exactly. I heard more about Trump with Biden in office than I did when he was president before.
If they did that, they would have nothing to say.
Then they would have to report on the things he’s actually doing and planning. Or report on his many failures.
I’m not seeing the downside here.
