Communication is about intent & impact. If we view Trump’s statement solely through the lens of intent, it can be argued that he did not call it a hoax. It’s different if we look at it through the lens of impact: his followers are far more likely to believe it’s a hoax and act accordingly & he has not corrected their general misconception.
To say that Trump did not call corona a hoax, is to ignore the more important aspect of communication–the message as it’s understood by the audience.
I don’t think that viewing their messaging through the lens of intent is a precedent the current administration will be keen to set.
The daily Express is fox news…
https://mobile.twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1312078571175841792
A friend on Capitol Hill sent me video of the Trump White House’s increased COVID-19 safety measures:
I was going to vote for Trump but I prefer presidents who dont capture covid.
DEATH AND TAXES!
If we will ever get the technology to do immersive simulations then the odds are we are in one because there is only 1 world and time before then but there will be billions of simulations.
The best reason to believe is still that Trump is president.
Yeah Clovis said the same thing when voting out Iraq War criminals came up
Can we ship him and his staff off to another country? We don’t want them hurting our numbers.
I don’t see the problem.
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1312010507621195776?s=19
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1312011427822043138?s=19
This was reported on a couple of days ago In other places
Of course it seems like they are lying about the 2,000 number. It does come up in the article but as the number of covid deaths in Honduras
Fucking partying commie!
No wait, fucking authoritarian commie taking away our freedom to party.
No wait…
I’m seen it mentioned a couple times in this thread, some surprise that Amy Barrett had not disclosed that she had COVID previously and recovered. Maybe I’m missing something, but why would anyone have expected her to volunteer that unless asked? Doesn’t seem very relevant to the process.
It was a joke not directed at you buddy, move on…
I don’t think I’ve ever felt sorry for a rich kid until barron.
Trump dying from the virus would probably save more lives than him living so no I don’t hope everyone recovers. I don’t get why everyone is treating him like he’s some normal powerless person in all this and deserves a shred of sympathy for catching something he constantly rails against and downplays
