At no point should any self-respecting news org—knowing Trump's shtick is utter policy confusion—have reported he'd 'moderated' his stance.
Trump's choice of a climate change denialist as EPA chief shows how a credulous/willing press got played by his vague rhetoric to the NYT.pic.twitter.com/5m91YkhQo3
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What the press did was manufacture a Trump narrative out of gossamer BS, rather than express skepticism & withhold judgment of his actions.
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To say nothing of his and Ivanka's meeting with Al Gore.
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I mean how goddam obvious is it that ambiguous, hedging comments or taking a meeting ≠ anything of consequence re actual policy?!
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@mehdirhasan yep. Talk to Ivanka, get hopes up, get trump positive coverage, wake up to the most extreme choice. Rinse and repeat -
doesn't their eagerness to catch him in a gotcha make them inclined to bite on his "policy changes"?
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I'll never understand why they insist on having hope with this guy! Rule of thumb:When given the opportunity, he will disappoint!
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