Trump’s News Chasm
Will the real news please stand up? (Raise your hand if you get that reference.) Anywho, In December of 2016, President-elect Donald Trump began to use the term “fake news,” and he would continue to use it thousands of times. The propaganda technique was so successful at discrediting legitimate, mainstream news that his supporters believe it is false and biased, and that only Fox and other Trump-sanctioned outlets serve up the truth—much like state-sanctioned media. In this way, Trump suppresses opposition information. This explains why most Trump supporters don’t consume mainstream media and thus don’t know—or don’t believe—he poses a …
