Almost every morning Americans wake up to yet another Trump tweet storm that sends MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ hosts and guests into an absolute frenzy that begins with modest expressions of ‘outrage’ and ends with Joe Scarborough once again offering up his ‘professional’ medical opinion on Trump’s mental health just before calling for his immediate impeachment.
Of course, as Axios points out today, that daily ‘Morning Joe’ meltdown is all part of Trump’s simple 5-step plan to manipulate the media into covering precisely what he wants them to cover. Here’s how it works…
Step 1: Throw an early morning Twitter bomb, usually but not always timed to “Fox & Friends” fodder or reinforcement. The Tweet-bomb frequently hits “fake news” or some social topic with racial undertones. Within minutes, thousands of Trump’s Twitter followers retweet it, and the sparks fly in response. Trump knows this and has bragged to staff about the storm he’s stirring as he hits “publish.” The data: As president, Trump has tweeted about fake news 124 times, mostly before 9 a.m., and his tweets about fake news average more retweets and likes.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Dec 1, 2017.
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