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underpants

(182,848 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:13 PM Jan 2019

BUZZFEED we had a watercooler moment. Timing people.

All the consternation about whether the Buzzfeed story is 110% accurate misses the point.

I'll get straight to my point - timing is everything and this got full coverage all day long.
All day. Friday....am... before a 3 day weekend.

People tend to have the same check ins 10 am - lunch - 3 pm.
It's a blowoff Friday for many. THIS cemented in people's minds. No water needed.

The rightwing started really early in the 80's with blastfaxes - Talking points for the watercoler crowd. GET THE STORY OUT EARLY - SHAPE THE DEBATE (narrative). Roger Ailes knew this and championed it too.

A google search shows me that the Mueller comment shows that the deluding this will be lost in time. Oh it will be repeated- MSM needs two horses.
CNN 8:51
Fox News 6 Pm
Politico 26 minutes ago

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*BUZZFEED* we had a watercooler moment. Timing people. (Original Post) underpants Jan 2019 OP

Are these your own thoughts? regnaD kciN Jan 2019 #1

Timing underpants Jan 2019 #5

Would you clarify what you're talking about? poli-junkie Jan 2019 #2

Timing underpants Jan 2019 #4

Not sure what that means, but trump and his white wing supporters will use this as evidence of fake Hoyt Jan 2019 #3

Timing underpants Jan 2019 #6

Or, apparently, accuracy. n/t Igel Jan 2019 #10

Timing or not highmindedhavi Jan 2019 #7

You aren't making sense. Please restate in proper sentences. No clue what u are trying to say. Nt FreepFryer Jan 2019 #8

Never mind, you explained above. Saturation or not, this is imho an intentional brake... FreepFryer Jan 2019 #9

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

1. Are these your own thoughts?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:16 PM

Jan 2019

This isn’t an official message from Buzzfeed, right?

underpants

(182,848 posts)

5. Timing

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:40 PM

Jan 2019

poli-junkie

(1,002 posts)

2. Would you clarify what you're talking about?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:20 PM

Jan 2019

underpants

(182,848 posts)

4. Timing

Reply to poli-junkie (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:40 PM

Jan 2019

Okay I guess I didn't hit that enough. Yikes.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. Not sure what that means, but trump and his white wing supporters will use this as evidence of fake

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:24 PM

Jan 2019

news crucifying trump. While crucifying him doesn't bother me, in this context BuzzFeed's "inaccurate" story -- and Mueller essentially taking sides with trump on this matter -- doesn't help bring trump down.

underpants

(182,848 posts)

6. Timing

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:42 PM

Jan 2019

The point is that it flooded the airways all. day. long.

Who gives a rip about the equivalence?

Igel

(35,323 posts)

10. Or, apparently, accuracy. n/t

Reply to underpants (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 11:23 AM

Jan 2019

highmindedhavi

(355 posts)

7. Timing or not

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:34 PM

Jan 2019

It sucks

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

8. You aren't making sense. Please restate in proper sentences. No clue what u are trying to say. Nt

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:20 AM

Jan 2019

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

9. Never mind, you explained above. Saturation or not, this is imho an intentional brake...

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:22 AM

Jan 2019

...put on the inevitable ramp up to impeachment.

Perhaps because Trump just threatened the life of a Congressional delegation, and the Special Counsel is serving the national security with this vague correction, that neither disproves the allegation nor clarifies it.

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