Most of the people who watch the whole thing live are already decided. Very few people are going to watch the full thing again, and most ‘normies’ only watched long enough to see some drama, see if Biden could talk, and get a ‘sense’ of the race.
From here on out, the vast majority of the viewing will be done using CLIPS, with ‘fact-checking’, gaffes, and meme-able material the most ‘viral’.
The MSN can be counted on to favor good Biden moments and ignore key Trump points.
So when Trump ‘acts out’, interrupts, doesn’t ‘go for the kill’ or ‘prove this point’, HE IS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING A SMART MEDIA STRATEGY. Neutral voters see that Trump was defending himself about lies, and it might be the first time they even considered that it might BE a lie at all. MSM clips that show Trump ‘raging’ end up prompting people to look up what he’s talking about. The ‘rudeness’ of constant interruptions doesn’t grate as much in clips, but the 2 v. 1 nature of the interactions shows through. And the pundits and wonks will comb through and do the fact-checking and side-by-sides, followup questions, and ‘proofs’, but only if Trump mentions an issue during the debate in a way that provokes curiosity.
When you consider it this way, our 5-D GEOTUS’s messaging task is a far different cry from a simple ‘debate’ — and a lot of his choices, timing on raising certain issues, topic focus, and overall strategy makes a great deal more sense.
Excellent points. I was the same, I felt like he could have hit harder and destabilized them more, but there are 2 more debates to go. Even so, this debate really got me excited. I say that, give my critiques and thoughts - not that anyone cares - but, it was an energizing debate. Really fun. Truthfully, the way Trump just broke free of their attempts to control him and keep him down, it's a breath of fresh air to me.
I have my doubts about “2 more debates” ...and I suspect that so does Trump, because it seemed like the top Dem/Biden scandals all got a mention, as if it would be the only chance to introduce those topics ‘in the debates’ which gives them extra relevance somehow to the public.
I rewatched the debate and was even more impressed by how many communication tasks Trump was handling simultaneously. Watch how hard the press will go with not showing any clips, even while they talk endless,y about Trump’s ‘incorrigible behavior.’
Yep, it was absolutely a brilliant debate, but you see - everywhere - that it was a pointless debate, Trump was unruly, and the whole narrative about how he's ineffective, etc. It was going to go down like that no matter what Trump said or did.
I thought trump was better in his attacks the second half
Remember this when thinking about these debates:
Most of the people who watch the whole thing live are already decided. Very few people are going to watch the full thing again, and most ‘normies’ only watched long enough to see some drama, see if Biden could talk, and get a ‘sense’ of the race.
From here on out, the vast majority of the viewing will be done using CLIPS, with ‘fact-checking’, gaffes, and meme-able material the most ‘viral’.
The MSN can be counted on to favor good Biden moments and ignore key Trump points.
So when Trump ‘acts out’, interrupts, doesn’t ‘go for the kill’ or ‘prove this point’, HE IS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING A SMART MEDIA STRATEGY. Neutral voters see that Trump was defending himself about lies, and it might be the first time they even considered that it might BE a lie at all. MSM clips that show Trump ‘raging’ end up prompting people to look up what he’s talking about. The ‘rudeness’ of constant interruptions doesn’t grate as much in clips, but the 2 v. 1 nature of the interactions shows through. And the pundits and wonks will comb through and do the fact-checking and side-by-sides, followup questions, and ‘proofs’, but only if Trump mentions an issue during the debate in a way that provokes curiosity.
When you consider it this way, our 5-D GEOTUS’s messaging task is a far different cry from a simple ‘debate’ — and a lot of his choices, timing on raising certain issues, topic focus, and overall strategy makes a great deal more sense.
And he spoke directly to US at the end.
Excellent points. I was the same, I felt like he could have hit harder and destabilized them more, but there are 2 more debates to go. Even so, this debate really got me excited. I say that, give my critiques and thoughts - not that anyone cares - but, it was an energizing debate. Really fun. Truthfully, the way Trump just broke free of their attempts to control him and keep him down, it's a breath of fresh air to me.
I have my doubts about “2 more debates” ...and I suspect that so does Trump, because it seemed like the top Dem/Biden scandals all got a mention, as if it would be the only chance to introduce those topics ‘in the debates’ which gives them extra relevance somehow to the public.
I rewatched the debate and was even more impressed by how many communication tasks Trump was handling simultaneously. Watch how hard the press will go with not showing any clips, even while they talk endless,y about Trump’s ‘incorrigible behavior.’
Yep, it was absolutely a brilliant debate, but you see - everywhere - that it was a pointless debate, Trump was unruly, and the whole narrative about how he's ineffective, etc. It was going to go down like that no matter what Trump said or did.