Looking Backward On The Presidency Of Donald Trump | On the Media | WNYC Studios
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Looking back on the impossible election and catastrophic reign of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States. Adapted from the article by Jon Lovett for The Atlantic.

In the summer of 2015, NPR and The Atlantic partnered up to make a bit of radio drama about the *craaazy * notion of Donald Trump winning the presidency.

This one's got it all - from the anchor talking about Deez Nutz, all the way to a clip show of Democrats and Republicans reaching across the aisle to protect America from the scourge of Trump. As usual, NPR reporters disappear up their own assholes as they imagine hypothetical Americans finally realizing the importance of media literacy.

  • pumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    I had been sick of NPR for quite a while but 2015 or 2016 was when I finally gave up on NPR entirely because it went from occasionally causing me rage to consistently causing me rage

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I was an NPRhead during the Bush and Obama years, and I remember hearing this little presentation at the time and even liking it. It looms large in my mind, to the point of thinking about it again today and wanting to post it on Hexbear just to get it off my chest. It reminds me of what it feels like to be taken in by propaganda, and also how propagandists drink their own kool-aide.