Gotta say, the media reaction to this "shocking news" is weird. Why did we need Bob Woodward to tell the media what has been plainly evident and widely reported? The overhyped reaction across the media landscape seems to be a mix of Boomer nostalgia for "the guy who brought down a president" and just plain old groupthink.
Gotta say, the media reaction to this "shocking news" is weird. Why did we need Bob Woodward to tell the media what has been plainly evident and widely reported? The overhyped reaction across the media landscape seems to be a mix of Boomer nostalgia for "the guy who brought down a president" and just plain old groupthink.
Also it coulda been woodward, but I don't wanna tar him unless I'm sure.
It was a known fact that Nixon ordered the Watergate break in but the story at the time was it was his underlings acting on their own initiative. The news media didn't release that part cause they figured it wouldn't be seemly to gang up on a guy and kick him when he's down.
I think the main issue is, and I'm guilty of this too, Trump is such a fucking. moron. that it's honestly easier to believe he doesn't understand a word his medical advisors say to him, and just parrots whatever conspiracy theory he sees on Fox News or Don Jr. shares from whatever Q subreddit he's trawling. Also the idea that he has a firm grasp between reality and fiction, I wouldn't have bet on.
That he was not only capable of understanding it, told a deliberate lie, and also remembered after the fact what was true and what was false well enough to explain it to a third party? That's less soupy than I honestly would have given his brain credit for. It's like when you realize your toddler just told their first conscious lie, but in Benjamin Button reverse.
Gotta say, the media reaction to this "shocking news" is weird. Why did we need Bob Woodward to tell the media what has been plainly evident and widely reported? The overhyped reaction across the media landscape seems to be a mix of Boomer nostalgia for "the guy who brought down a president" and just plain old groupthink.
Also it coulda been woodward, but I don't wanna tar him unless I'm sure.
It was a known fact that Nixon ordered the Watergate break in but the story at the time was it was his underlings acting on their own initiative. The news media didn't release that part cause they figured it wouldn't be seemly to gang up on a guy and kick him when he's down.
I think the main issue is, and I'm guilty of this too, Trump is such a fucking. moron. that it's honestly easier to believe he doesn't understand a word his medical advisors say to him, and just parrots whatever conspiracy theory he sees on Fox News or Don Jr. shares from whatever Q subreddit he's trawling. Also the idea that he has a firm grasp between reality and fiction, I wouldn't have bet on.
That he was not only capable of understanding it, told a deliberate lie, and also remembered after the fact what was true and what was false well enough to explain it to a third party? That's less soupy than I honestly would have given his brain credit for. It's like when you realize your toddler just told their first conscious lie, but in Benjamin Button reverse.