Truth vs. Bullhorns

[dewline]

The idea that DT-45's bullhorn will always overwhelm the truth as told by anyone else is one that offends me. So, for some reason, I find myself putting these two links on the same weblog posting...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-brussels-trudeau-trump-1.4746424

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/the-death-of-truth-how-we-gave-up-on-facts-and-ended-up-with-trump

Comments

[thewayne]

It will be interesting to see what changes when a non-Republican gains office, and Fox News and their ilk goes to the back of the queue for being chosen for questions. Will there be a recovery and will "fake news" disappear from the common vernacular, or will it crawl into a hole to fester until the next neofascist hits center stage again.

[dewline]

I think the festering is one of the factors that's helped inflict DT-45 upon us.