This is a great explanation of how trump takes over the media.
Rachel Maddow outlines the sheer volume of objectively bad news for Donald Trump’s campaign since even before he lost the presidential debate to Kamala Harris, and points out the “made-to-order outrage” tactic Trump and his supporters have used to distract from that bad news, even if it means exposing themselves as racist liars and offending the entire Haitian-American community.
I posted this because it’s obvious this has been happening since Sunday. The only way I can see to combat it is to post and comment only about real issues that don’t have the name trump in it except for legal issues. If someone posts something trump said, post something about Harris or Walz that’s positive.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy
Feels like this…
There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted. That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout, “Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!” In other words, they will be talking about the dead cat – the thing you want them to talk about – and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.[1]
I’ve never heard of it called something, thanks for posting that.
