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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: Lane3 who wrote (150248)1/18/2020 12:09:26 PM
From: Katelew  Read Replies (1) of 362468
 
You make an interesting observation and not unfairly. Your use of these words, words I also often use in conversation, can be differentiated in the following way. From experience I have noticed that this kind of language in the media very often precedes the release of a set of facts that show the truth to be opposite to what the original statements would have us believe. Notice I said 'in the media'. After closely following the many accusations and investigations re Trump, I've seen this pattern repeated over and over. Strong statements made that at first look like statements of fact, so strong that one can easily miss the use of these words, and it's these words that tip off me off that the writer is actually expressing his or her opinion. I refer to these words as 'red flags' because they alert me to the possibility that what I'm reading is actually propaganda and not valid evidence of something. This suspicion is too often solidified when subsequent events reveal the initial charges, assumptions, etc. to be lacking candor as the FBI says.

Rightly or wrongly, it is this all too frequent sequence of events that is behind my original statement.
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