Veteran 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley reported on Donald Trump’s efforts to strong-arm some of the country’s top law firms into doing his bidding on Sunday night’s episode of the embattled CBS newsmagazine.
Pelley’s segment pulled no punches in describing Trump’s efforts and reminding viewers that Trump is the “first felon” ever to sit in the Oval Office.
No, that’s my point exactly - I felt the inconsistency viscerally. My reality conflicted with what I never thought to question. It’s the same for everyone.
My example was not to say I’m superior, but to say propaganda works. Even if you’re educated. Even if you put in time to question your own beliefs. It slips in without notice, and you don’t know it’s there until you do
And the news, social media, the language of politicians - it’s intentionally designed to give people a skewed version of the world.
Let me give you an example happening right now… The tarrifs. Markets went down, Trump approval went down. The markets recovered, people think it was a nothing burger
The ports are empty. The supply chains cuts are about to ripple through… But most people think that whole thing is over, that Trump just did a little insider trading, but the economy managed to hold up to it. So his approval rate recovered a bit
This summer, we’re going to have empty store shelves. It’s so obviously not over… But many, many people have mixed up the “economy” with the actual trade of goods and services.
That’s the level of most people’s understanding