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‘Last Night in Sweden’? Trump’s Remark Baffles a Nation
At his campaign rally in Florida Saturday, Trump was talking about protecting our country from terrorism. An example he used about what could happen in the U.S. was some incident "last night" in Sweden. Problem: there was no terrorist incident, attack or massacre in Sweden on Friday, nor in recent days, months, or years. But you can bet that his ill-informed supporters in Florida took Trump at his word, while of course thinking that the entire media universe was suppressing that story.
“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking?" Carl Bildt, former PM of Sweden asked.
One Swedish journalist speculated: “Trump might have gotten his news from the countless right-wing media in the United States that have long been reporting that Sweden is heading for total collapse.”
So rather than checking and verifying the "alternative facts" of the alt-right media, Trump passes on phantom news. I guess Trump is partly right: the media is the enemy, but it is a certain extreme end of the media, and they are the enemy of truth.
At his campaign rally in Florida Saturday, Trump was talking about protecting our country from terrorism. An example he used about what could happen in the U.S. was some incident "last night" in Sweden. Problem: there was no terrorist incident, attack or massacre in Sweden on Friday, nor in recent days, months, or years. But you can bet that his ill-informed supporters in Florida took Trump at his word, while of course thinking that the entire media universe was suppressing that story.
“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking?" Carl Bildt, former PM of Sweden asked.
One Swedish journalist speculated: “Trump might have gotten his news from the countless right-wing media in the United States that have long been reporting that Sweden is heading for total collapse.”
So rather than checking and verifying the "alternative facts" of the alt-right media, Trump passes on phantom news. I guess Trump is partly right: the media is the enemy, but it is a certain extreme end of the media, and they are the enemy of truth.