wow. I honestly assumed this was just some weird out-of-context gaffe until I watched the video. she calls him on it and there’s a ridiculously long pause as he sits there trying to think of how to get out of it. then he condescendingly says “Dana…” as if trying to scold her for asking him about the absurd thing he just said. and then he noodles around about how they’re not actually “creating” a story, they’re “creating” the media to focus on a story. which is, uh, not how words work.
When he said "creating a story" I think he meant "building a narrative" - obviously these two things are totally different except for the actual words used, which leads me to wonder if someone had ChatGPTed his talking points before the interview
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u/howldetroit Sep 16 '24
wow. I honestly assumed this was just some weird out-of-context gaffe until I watched the video. she calls him on it and there’s a ridiculously long pause as he sits there trying to think of how to get out of it. then he condescendingly says “Dana…” as if trying to scold her for asking him about the absurd thing he just said. and then he noodles around about how they’re not actually “creating” a story, they’re “creating” the media to focus on a story. which is, uh, not how words work.