Parker Molloy cleverly calls her take-down of the disgraceful coverage of Trump's McDonald's stunt, "'You Want Lies With That?'" News Media Struggle to Cover Trump's Potemkin McDonald's Photo Op."

William Lindsey :toad:

"If you read coverage from outlets like ABC News or Politico, you’d walk away thinking Trump was flipping burgers in a bustling McDonald’s, interacting with everyday customers. Neither mentioned that the location was closed or that the 'customers' were part of a pre-arranged setup."

They know better. They just do not intend to do better. He plays them like a fiddle, and they willingly ask him, "What string do you want to pluck today, maestro?"

#Trump #media #MediaFail #McDonalds
/2

William Lindsey :toad:

"There’s no reason to be confident about how any mainstream media would react to coercion from Trump.

The New York Times seems to be on an island of neutrality now, often putting a soft focus on Trump’s authoritarianism with obtuse headlines and ridiculous euphemisms. If dictatorship descended, would the Times describe detention camps as 'involuntary gatherings'”?

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #media #MediaFail #authoritarianism #NewYorkTimes
/3

If Trump wins, will major media fall in line?

There’s little reason for confidence that they’d resist a dictator.

(www.stopthepresses.news)

JB

@wdlindsy Corporate #media is falling all over itself falling in line with the American #fascist front. #gop #Trump #voteblue #kamalaharris @NYTimes

William Lindsey :toad:

"Yesterday, Trump staged one of the most insulting PR stunts in the history of modern politics, and the corporate media covered it like it was a brilliant, game-changing maneuver. Visiting a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, Donald spewed lies about Kamala Harris, and briefly pretended to work the fryer. Then he held a deranged 'press conference,' and another hate rally."

~ Scott Dworkin

#Trump #media #MediaFail #McDonalds
/4

Corporate Media Thought We'd Fall For Trump’s Failed McDonald's PR Stunt

They were wrong

(www.dworkinsubstack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Once again, the corporate media took Donald’s bait and ran with it. They found a way to spin the story to look great for Trump, propping up his campaign like they always do. And it’s an outrage."

Plays 'em like a fiddle. Every. Single. Time. Because they WANT to be played. Letting someone strum their strings rather than going out and doing the hard work of gathering information and telling the truth is just too hard.

#Trump #media #MediaFail #McDonalds
/5

🐝Mr.Mark🐝

@wdlindsy
“Housing solutions”

Bill Seitz

@wdlindsy "But did you know that this McDonald’s was actually closed to the public during his visit? That the people Trump “served” in the drive-thru were hand-selected supporters? That no one actually placed any orders—they just received whatever Trump handed them in a bag? And that this entire stunt lasted all of 15 minutes?"

William Lindsey :toad:

"What has only become obvious over the past decade (to those of us who haven’t professionally studied fascism in Europe in the 1930s) is that the buffoonery and the fascism go hand in hand. They are inseparable. The buffoonery doesn’t make the fascism less dangerous, and the fascism doesn’t make the buffoonery less ridiculous."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #media #MediaFail #McDonalds #fascism
/6

The Trump Value Meal: Extra Buffoonery With A Side Of Fascism

INSIDE: Elon Musk ... Kamala Harris ... Liz Cheney

(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)

mickymorse

@wdlindsy Media are complicit in felon45 fraudulence. Billionaires own media, media favors and sanewashes felon45.

JonChevreau

@wdlindsy #McDonOld’s

Blinxeto

@wdlindsy

Greengordon

@wdlindsy

How would the corporate media react to a Trump win?

"The top execs would be unlikely to resist for long based solely on principle. Corporations’ mission is to make money, and you don’t make money if the government shuts you down.

"We’re already seeing media behavior that could be interpreted as “anticipatory obedience” in case Trump wins."

NeadReport

@wdlindsy Won't be long before the MAGA Kool-Aid drinkers will be flying flags that say, "McFascist! I'm Lovin' It"
Why are companies like McDonald's even allowing this? Sad.

LisaH

@wdlindsy NYT would never use as critical a phrase as "involuntary gatherings."

They would call them "kinship clusters"

And local TV news each morning is even worse. The praise that flowed this morning on both CBS and NBC was shocking 🤮

No acknowledgement that the location was closed, he was incapable of lifting the fry basket, it lasted 15 min and the whole thing was a cosplay media stunt. None.

If he wins, I won't cry when they're all out of jobs

Global Repercussions

@wdlindsy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/20/trump-mcdonalds-minimum-wage/

The restaurant was closed to the public during Trump’s visit, and the motorists whom Trump served were screened by the U.S. Secret Service and positioned before his arrival. No one ordered food. Instead, the attendees received whatever Trump gave them.

Trump was at the fry station for about five minutes and spent about 15 minutes at the drive-through window, much of it taking questions from reporters.

Complete Conservative ClusterSchmuck

M.A.G.A.

Mostly
About
Grifting
Authoritarians

"Draining the swamp, to put in a cesspit."

People are saying.

#maga #trump #gop #republicans #election2024 #project2025 #democrats #KamalaHarris #kamalaharris2024

Brian Moore

@wdlindsy I hear it wasn't actually even open when he was there. so those customers he gave food to were pretend.

William Lindsey :toad:

"America’s mainstream media is by now comfortable talking and writing about Trump’s authoritarianism. But in describing what Trump is seeking to impose on America, the media should be using the term 'fascism.'”

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #media #fascism
/7

https://www.alternet.org/trumps-fascism/

William Lindsey :toad:

"In a poll released on October 16, researchers at Marquette Law School found that, if presented with an unsympathetically worded question about whether immigrants without documentation should be deported, a full 58 percent of U.S. respondents are in favor of mass deportation."

~ Henry Giroux

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #violence #immigrants
/8

Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Fearmongering Exposes Extent of Fascism’s Rise in 2024

A new poll offers an alarming wake-up call about how normalized violence has become in this era of gangster capitalism.

Truthout (truthout.org)

William Lindsey :toad:

"At this time in history, as the menacing cloud of fascism threatens to descend upon much of the world, it is crucial to understand that the normalization of violence and the rise of fascism in the age of gangster capitalism are deeply intertwined. As violence becomes the defining feature of political life, democratic institutions are eroded, and the space for critical inquiry shrinks."

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #violence #immigrants
/9

Tom Bellin :picardfacepalm:

@wdlindsy that poll shows a 10 point drop on that question (from 68 to 58) since February. Suggestive that Trump's demonization of immigrants is backfiring.

Considering how systemically biased towards rule-following American public opinion is, imo that small majority is not a good sign for Trump and the republican party.