I wonder if the author knows he is projecting.
The article seems to blame the alt right and fake news.
one thing that helped trump was the bragging on line that the consultants did every time they tried to set up a situation to discredit trump. if these idiots had not been bragging about it and social media had not been there to spread the word about this bragging I think trump would not of gotten past the gatekeepers,
I think we beat the US “news media” at their own game and it probably makes a lot of people nervous to not have a monopoly on propaganda.
My God but these people are stiff-necked.
The “reason” ostensibly “fake news” resonated with so many voters is because we kept seeing the “real news” disproven with our own eyes!
Trump was repeatedly accused of admitting to sexual assault citing a quote that clearly did not admit such a thing.
James O’Keefe was called “discredited” and “a convicted felon” when anyone with an internet connection, and the will to use it, could quickly discover both charges are false.
Hillary Clinton was lauded for her great accomplishments when clearly the deafening silence in this regard show her only accomplishment was achieving various powerful positions.
Trump supporters were continually suspected of criminal mischief while Clinton supporters continually had their criminal mischief redefined as “protest.”
Yes, I understand the writer of this nonsense works for The Guardian, and will probably never read my reply to his attempt at trading “cause” for “effect,” but I have to believe there are others much closer to him than I who feel as I do, so I have to believe that the slimy gob he finds in his drink one day will be a loogie.
The real problem is that what the MSM calls “fake news” is actually the truth and what the MSM spews is propaganda.
This has been going on since the invention of newspapers, but the ordinary man had no way to see it, understand the reality, or fight back.
As the internet has become more important and relevant to ordinary life, the gatekeeper function of the MSM has become much less powerful.
Even 4 years ago Trump would have been a fringe candidate and would have been ignored. The MSMN was all-in on the administration lie that we were “recovering” from the great recession and all the economically devastated people across the country would not have know that there were a hundred million kindred souls just like them. The idea that a candidate actually knew about their problems and wanted to solve them would not have entered their consciousness .
The MSM is in a truly horrible position. DJT knows how to reach the American people without their filter. They can either get on board or be run over. PC is going overboard and they are going to have to report the truth or lose out to someone who will report it.
A major part of the story is that the Bernie supporters shared outrages that happened around the country with one another and worked themselves into a frenzy of hatred toward Hillary and the DNC.
That frenzy was totally justified and as the Wikileaks information came out they found that their worst fears were not nearly extreme enough to match reality.
For the strangest of reasons I was asked to join a Sanders group on Facebook. I never volunteered I was a Trump supporter, but I did say what I thought of Hillary and was accepted by them. I learned a lot about how pissed off those folks were with Hillary. I had one person tell me he would vote for Trump any day over Hillary, even though he didn't like Trump. He said at least he wouldn't be corrupt.
In short I think that the Internet connected and educated lots of different groups that would have had limited information about what was really happening if they had to rely upon the corrupt traditional media.
If Trump supporters had listened to these people who clearly have no idea what is going on Hillary would be measuring the Oval office right now for new drapes.
Future Campaigns will be won or lost on Social Media. Just posting on Free Republic will be preaching to the choir. You got to get out there where the voters are and they are on Twitter (for now) and Facebook (not going away any time soon.
It is just amazing when you think of all the hurdles the establishment placed in front of Trump. You could write a book just describing and listing all of them. The establishment assumed no mere human could make it through that gauntlet. Certainly a Joe Plumber or even a Sarah Palin stood no chance to make it all the way through. Even the left needs to give credit to Trump for that. And addressing the authors specific topic, there were numerous hurdles placed in front of the Trump Army. We had censorship and intimidation on Facebook. Numerous disruptors here. Physical and verbal assaults at political rallies. And on and on. Clearly we all participated in the upset of the millennium.
1) first is that much of Trump’s campaign rhetoric would never have got past the editorial “gatekeepers” of an earlier era >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
But it was the left who changed that rhetoric, they were defeated with their own tools.
2)It would have been difficult, if not impossible, for them to hook up with millions of like-minded souls >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nope. Patriots and Americans have hooked up to defeat the enemies of freedom repeatedly. This is a point that Brits like John Naughton have not understood since 1776. The People are not Sheeple like they are in the UK, nor are they Sheeple as Obama assumed as an 8 year accomplishment.
For the most part America ignored their traduced media and their push polls, which Naughton falsely insists connected them.In short, America has an indelible culture of freedom and liberty.It was on full display during the election campaign, yet the Naughtons of the left centric press missed it. Why? Because they are not a part of that culture of freedom.
Except that this time the media DID tell us what Trump was saying.
They would go into meltdown hysterics over his latest pronouncements, giving him TONS of free publicity that he could not have gotten otherwise.
If the media didn't have conniption fits every time Trump opened his mouth but had rather silenced him like they usually do with people they disapprove of, we wouldn't have known the half of what he was about.
THEY did it themselves and to themselves.
And how did that actually work out in the 40s-80s?
And in the absence of the "fairness doctrine", what has become of the political perspective presented by broadcast and cable networks (in news presentation, chat shows, and "entertainment"/infotainment)?
Just more whining about Rush Limbaugh/talk radio, if you ask me. "But they only offer one side, where is equal time???"
If it wasn’t for social media, we never would have know the difference in crowds that Trump was attracting to his rallies vs. Hillary’s rallies. The network news and major newspapers tried to hide that difference to the very end.
[How Trump’s savvy army won the internet war]
The reason why TRUMP’S savvy army won the internet war is because we DEPLORABLES are savvy.
Savvy: Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
What a great article. Thank you for the post.
The World’s Smartest Woman got her butt kicked by a reality TV star!
Habahahahahahaha!
IN short, the old media monopoly of propaganda for the left has been wounded. They can no longer sell their lies without challenge.