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Daniel Gilmore

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A good, if enraging, thread. For the four years of his presidency, news media discussed Trumps behavior as president thru the frame of “we should give him a break, its not like he’s ever been president before” even right up thru 2020. They have shown that they are determined to keep that frame going

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Daniel Gilmore's avatar Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social
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I cant think of another politician—not even another Republican—that our news media institutions have been so broadly willing to buy into & help facilitate their bullshit the way they have done w Trump. As I said before, “theyre fooled by him” doesnt fly nearly 10 years in. Theyre just on board w it.

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