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Originally Posted by Tacopuck
Positive Feel Good narratives and imagery. Selfie King. Sunny Ways. "Stories" that cater to the left media bias that resonates with the good nature of Canadians. He uses those to deflect attention from his ACTIONS that may be less palpable to Canadians.
Trump is the opposite. He uses negative imagery and narratives to get the media to dedicate air time and webspace to detailing these constant negative stories that distract from his ACTIONS that are not palpable to Americans getting all worked up over his little "terrible" transgressions.
Both use the media to 'pull the wool over the eyes' of the media consuming public to at least partially hide (or hide in the noise) their bad actions.
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I think there is a big difference though between trying to be likable in front of the media and doing what Trump does, where he tries to discredit the media by promoting conspiracy theories and restricting their access.
Almost every politician uses the the media to try and become popular by promoting positive images. Who can forget Stephen Harper's "kitten photos" (complete with electric guitar placed conspicuously in the background), or Stockwell Day's perfectly posed jet-skiing photo-op in Kelowna? It's exactly the same thing Trudeau does.