Donald Trump tried to convince a state judge to drop his Georgia election interference case on Thursday, summoning a tortured relationship between falsehoods and truths to make his case.
Trump’s lawyers argued that lies aren’t just protected by the First Amendment; lies are sometimes essential, his lawyers said, at getting to the truth.
It’s amazing how much coverage this guy gets on both sides of the aisle. Fire up your OTA and tune into your local news segment. Usually at least one story about this guy every day. If he’s not mentioned locally, then he probably has story nationally. Shit man, even the night show hosts constantly talk about him.
Doesn’t change with internet coverage. Always at least a dozen articles about this guy regarding outlandish posts on his blogging platform, various trials, shit said in trials.
We know he’s a piece of shit. Media outlet knows he’s a piece of shit. Yet they continue to push anything about trump because it gets the ratings/engagement.
Sad state of journalism rn.
There’s no real right answer to the situation. Deplatforming is an incredibly effective tool to reduce his reach, but deplatforming also only does so much when he can just create his own platform (like truth social, doing rallies) or other platforms just promote him harder in response to deplatforming (see OANN, FOX Newsmax).
On the other side, it’s also important to shine a light on what he’s doing, so he can’t just go back to doing exactly what he’s been doing without any public acknowledgement or challenge.