The Media's Gullibility and Trump's 'Blame the Jews' Madness

Plus, a plan to prevent the media from falling for anti-Israel distractions on October 7

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While the media fixates on one awful thing Trump and Vance are doing, it ignores lots of others. And that’s exactly how the Trump campaign wants it. Today, I explain something campaigns know: The media always falls for this. I play you the sound of a campaign strategist admitting it after his candidate won.

Think of it as “choose your own controversy.” You’ll hear a clever metaphor Rachel Maddow uses for it. Oh — and one thing the media has been ignoring is so absurd that, when I play it for you, I momentarily lose it in laughter.

Meanwhile, will that same gullibility lead news agencies to fall for anti-Israel protests scheduled on October 7, when they should be reporting on what happened in the most evil terrorist attack of modern times? I announce a plan to push them to avoid this trap.

And Trump is now claiming that if he loses, Jewish people will “have a lot to do” with it. This is five-alarm fire level danger. I talk you through what happens every time he says this about any group — and why people insisting that his comments were OK “in context” have it exactly wrong. I’ve also written an op-ed about it, which leads the opinion today in the biggest paper in a key swing state.

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