THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent Trump’s Dangerous New Rants About UFC Violence Should Wake Up Media
Jun 24, 2024
Brian Beutler discusses how Trump's dangerous rhetoric escalates demonization of migrants, calling for media to cover it as a major scandal. Trump's tactics of highlighting crimes by migrants for propaganda, promoting UFC matches between migrants and Americans, and pushing for mass deportations if re-elected are highlighted. The importance of exposing deceptive strategies in political propaganda and providing context in news coverage to counter misleading narratives is emphasized, along with the impact of biased reporting on public opinion towards immigrants.
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Laundering Bad-Faith Tactics
- The media's framing of political debates often launders bad-faith tactics by presenting them as conventional politics.
- This creates a false equivalence between legitimate arguments and manipulative propaganda.
Covering Deceptive Tactics
- The press should actively expose deceptive political tactics as scandals, not just report on them.
- Consider if similar tactics targeting other groups would be tolerated.
Demonization and Deportation
- The demonization of migrants as violent criminals is linked to increased support for mass deportations and other extreme measures.
- The media's failure to aggressively cover this demonization contributes to its normalization.