“Misleading/needs context” seems to be an epistemic status that’s neither truth, nor lie, nor bullshit (ie indifferent to truth/falsehood). This type of assertion needs a name and some theorizing/steelmanning. Very unsatisfying/weak to accuse someone of this. Like “you’re mean!”
Yeah, but the common cases simply exploit natural narratives already out there, trump being the obvious exhibit A
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You could argue, as some do, that he uses the pre-existing narrative carefully curated by fox and talk radio. I find that somewhat unconvincing.
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In the case of Trump, pushing narratives, either for or against, is every media person's day job. Media is in the business of selling stories, not truth. Complex, frustrating, counter-intuitive, unlovable truths were abandoned by the roadside, starving and beaten, long ago.
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