“Being president is a bit like being jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing you can do but just stand there and take it.” – Lyndon Baines Johnson I have friend who insists that every issue in life is about marketing. He chants it like it’s a mantra, “Everything is a marketing problem, Jim Bob. Everything.” The argument he makes is that whether you want to sell a product, win over your true love, get a dream job, or simply convince the misguided that you are right, it requires marketing, which is communicating points of persuasion.
Admirable summary of many of the accomplishments of President Biden's first year in office. But as you point out, the media insists on promoting the narrative that Biden 1) is an abject failure at governing 2) whose approval rating is in the toilet. #1 has led to, or at least worsened, #2. What are the incentives driving the media to spin the information this way, and is there anything we as a society can do about it?
(I note parenthetically that many of the Orange Mad Kings followers would accuse the media of similar bias and misreporting during his tenure. This ought to be a question of interest to them, except that the bias is breaking their way now.)
Jan 31, 2022·edited Jan 31, 2022Liked by Jim Bob Moore
Excellent. Your friend is right about persuasion as it being the upmost of importance but unfortunately there is a certain amount of the population that can't be persuaded no matter how strong the evidence may be, it's just the way it is.
Admirable summary of many of the accomplishments of President Biden's first year in office. But as you point out, the media insists on promoting the narrative that Biden 1) is an abject failure at governing 2) whose approval rating is in the toilet. #1 has led to, or at least worsened, #2. What are the incentives driving the media to spin the information this way, and is there anything we as a society can do about it?
(I note parenthetically that many of the Orange Mad Kings followers would accuse the media of similar bias and misreporting during his tenure. This ought to be a question of interest to them, except that the bias is breaking their way now.)
Excellent. Your friend is right about persuasion as it being the upmost of importance but unfortunately there is a certain amount of the population that can't be persuaded no matter how strong the evidence may be, it's just the way it is.
Perfection! Thank you for reminding us Jim.
Yup, when preaching to the choir, the choir in response needs to sing louder.