How politicians troll the media

The inclusion of Charlie Brown in this video made it 100 times better, loved it! 😊💛

Science with Katie I agree

It's like the media never heard of "The boy who cried wolf". Half of these politicians who are supporting these fake stories have *already* been exposed as liars.But because they're congressmen, "well, we gotta give attention to their assertions, because of politics blah importance blah blah."

"Politician that has told the same lie multiple times tries again. We're not holding our breaths.Now, on to the real news, PRT projects show some local success..."

There is this saying where I live:「人不要臉，天下無敵。」, translated to English is roughly: "A shameless man in invincible".Yeah, I felt those vibes in this vid.

This is coming from a person whose country detains millions of muslims and forcefully converts them. Try calling your president as a shameful person before attacking americans

I’m learning Chinese and I’m so happy that I recognized a few characters! Also a great observation

So it sounds like the fix to this would be to have a news cycle that focuses on actual stories instead of huddling around drama like a bunch of highschoolers.

not profitable enough for murica

Except that the news outlets also have to obey the laws of the market. If one news outlet doesn't play along and focuses on the verified (and therefore already known) stories, they will lose their audience to the ones who keep producing segments about troll news.

This is also called "argument inoculation" in social psychology. You introduce an idea to a group, you give them a simple defense of the idea and then they are more resistant to new/conflicting information about the idea even if the idea is clearly false.

This is the most scientific definition of what trolling used to be that I've ever read. Thanks!

st011396 examples?

Hillary's e-mails are another prime example of trolling the media that had devastating consequences. Remember that whole "New Hillary e-mails on Huma's server, required reopening the FBI case" that turned out to be nothing after all but credibly cost her the election.

Matthew Montgomery And Huma's husband turned out to be pedophile. Oh wait that was REAL hahaha Dems are pathetic- Keep those delicious tears coming libtard

so people should just have voted for Hillary because she's a woman?

gosh, please don't put high pitch noise in your video.

Yea totally agree!

albb0920 - Yes. It hurt my head

Warning, triggered republicans coming

Lol, Daniel you sound like a triggered republitard to me.

"What comes to mind when you hear the word 'troll?'"An unsightly creature of legend living under a bridge in the countryside. Naturally.

Man of culture

People are overusing the term "troll" to the point that they think it's a form of online street cred. What politicians are doing is lying and misleading the public, which has been happening centuries before current internet terminology. Call it what it really is...bullshitting. No need to sugarcoat things.

I think "trolling" is the accurate term here; this behavior isn't just politicians lying, it's lying in an outrageous way to provoke a response. While it's not a particularly new element of politics, I think the terminology fits well for that reason (no reason we can't use a newish definition of a word to explain an old behavior!)

GreenLeaf Same reason why they called it collusion and allegation instead of accusation2 of them sound more legit