Veteran 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley reported on Donald Trumpās efforts to strong-arm some of the countryās top law firms into doing his bidding on Sunday nightās episode of the embattled CBS newsmagazine.
Pelleyās segment pulled no punches in describing Trumpās efforts and reminding viewers that Trump is the āfirst felonā ever to sit in the Oval Office.
No, thatās my point exactly - I felt the inconsistency viscerally. My reality conflicted with what I never thought to question. Itās the same for everyone.
My example was not to say Iām superior, but to say propaganda works. Even if youāre educated. Even if you put in time to question your own beliefs. It slips in without notice, and you donāt know itās there until you do
And the news, social media, the language of politicians - itās intentionally designed to give people a skewed version of the world.
Let me give you an example happening right nowā¦ 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 throughā¦ 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, weāre going to have empty store shelves. Itās so obviously not overā¦ But many, many people have mixed up the āeconomyā with the actual trade of goods and services.
Thatās the level of most peopleās understanding