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I would say the PR firm hired by the Covington school is working. (Original Post) redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 OP
The MSM is only concerned about viewers which makes for more ad revenues. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #1
+1 Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #11
Of course it is, these kids are wealthy, white, and male Bettie Jan 2019 #2
MSM needs to show the basketball black face photo. Vinca Jan 2019 #3
That's their job. joshcryer Jan 2019 #4
This is already backfiring. Iliyah Jan 2019 #5
Unlikely... Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #8
He*s also backslapping the republi-punks who dissed an honorable US Veteran Achilleaze Jan 2019 #10
It will work to a point. LanternWaste Jan 2019 #6
The fact that they hired a PR firm tells us all we need to know. GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #7
family hired the pr firm KT2000 Jan 2019 #12
**THIS** IS WHY A FUCKING PRESIDENT WHO Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #9
the family hired the PR firm KT2000 Jan 2019 #13

Bettie

(15,998 posts)
2. Of course it is, these kids are wealthy, white, and male
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jan 2019

they automatically get the benefit of the doubt and the other parties are not white or wealthy, so everyone really, really wants to make the rich, white boys the aggrieved parties.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. This is already backfiring.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:53 PM
Jan 2019

Now these young men will be meeting t-rump at the WH. t-rump is a racist, and it appears he is rewarding them for their racism. Majority of the USA will see this as a slap in the face.

Can't wait for Graham to kiss his arse again - ugh.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
8. Unlikely...
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:05 PM
Jan 2019

The majority of America will see them as poor persecuted victims of the mean old Trump-hating MSM...

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
10. He*s also backslapping the republi-punks who dissed an honorable US Veteran
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:25 PM
Jan 2019

Which extends the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief's dishonorable track record of pissing on veterans, POWs, General, Admirals, and Gold Star families.

The way republicans piss on our military is an absolute disgrace.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
6. It will work to a point.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:55 PM
Jan 2019

Beyond that the same simplistic bumper stickers will be repeated over and over again, and the pretense of sincerity will be offered as to why other groups aren't being targeted with like criticism, while irrelevancies will be given as further 'proof' of our alleged myopia for more effective counter-narratives by the lowest common denominators.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
7. The fact that they hired a PR firm tells us all we need to know.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:59 PM
Jan 2019

It's all about their image, and not about making sure their students are taught to be decent human beings. I wonder what Pope Francis thinks of this whole affair.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
9. **THIS** IS WHY A FUCKING PRESIDENT WHO
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jan 2019

never admits he's wrong, who can with a straight face deny ever saying something he said on national TV 48 hours earlier, and who without apology or explanation can play the "You gonna believe me or your lyin' eyes?" -game with no repercussions whatsoever is so dangerous...

A very slick, well-connected PR firm told the BIGGEST names in the media that what they plainly saw on video (backed up by witnesses) was NOT what really happened, and after being shamed for "jumping to conclusions", the biggest names in media mostly swallowed the bait without even a thought and stumbled over each other trying to apologize to the Lil' Hitlers and their outraged, influential parents... I haven't seen such a blatant denial of an obvious truth since the Rodney King video.

It's one thing to give Trump this kind of leeway since the media out of habit will always see him more as an entertainer playing a comedic fish-outta-water role than a big-boy president making big-boy decisions. But it's another thing entirely for some non-Trump entity to pull this shit and get away with it THIS easily... We're beyond 1984 here, and giving the powerful an increasing ability to literally bend the laws of reality and re-shape it how they want (especially for a bunch of bratty little shits who were frankly not even worth the effort) should scare the ever-livin' shit out of every rational human left...

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