2/ A single Trump tweet doesn't set a narrative in DC, the media does. Trump team pushed no narrative re: OCE today, media did it for them.
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3/ Similarly, a single Trump tweet doesn't flummox House GOP and force them to course correct; thousands of organized constituent calls do.
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4/ Those constituent calls were part of a coordinated rapid response by progressive organizations. GOP congressmen themselves said as much.
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5/ And yet, here we are, with nightly news shows leading the broadcast with a fable: that a single tweet by Trump effectively upended DC.
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6/ At some point we need to truly assess why media continues the charade. Not a single actor believes Trump tweet critical, yet here we are.
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7/ Progressive groups worked their ass off, got their win and deserve the credit. So are those in the media just ignorant, or willful pawns?
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8/ On the left is reality, on the right is what was reported to millions watching the news tonight. This is beyond shoddy, it's malpractice.pic.twitter.com/hIUvrEuVKM
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9/ At day's end maybe it's minor, but time and again Trump gets credited a win for being able to type 140 characters. It's not a fair fight.
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10/ So that's the question I leave you: is it one single tweet decisively driving the narrative, or is it the media driving it for him?
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it was a tweet, but it wasn't Trump's. might have been
@singernews for me.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
Thanks for first-ever suggestion that one of my tweets had impact. I shall now return to tweeting cute kittens.
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