• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    The real question is - do they let him see these commercials? I can easily imagine a team of people whose only job is to shield him from media coverage and things like this 24/7.

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      3 months ago

      Do you really think Trump would obey these people? Have you seen his Twitter/truth social feed? They can’t limit the social media he posts let alone the one he sees

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        3 months ago

        Some parents give their kids a phone or tablet on a car ride just to shut them up. I imagine the secret service have a similar relationship with Donnie.

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          3 months ago

          It’s a TV remote though. He’s too old for iPads and tablets. Except when tweeting covefe from the shitter.

          Didn’t he have a TV installed in the Oval Office bathroom though?

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        3 months ago

        I suspect they very much can influence/curate what he sees, but maybe not to the extent I was imagining.

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      3 months ago

      He watches TV. George Conway has been doing an experiment. He’s been micro targeting ads to micro target Trump specifically to get a reaction.

      They bought ad time on fox and things like the golf channel for the region around Mar a Lago. And as soon as the ads played Trump started rage posting on social media.

      See https://youtu.be/oTDqBO0yGPQ for an example.