How You Can Stop
Trump’s Lie MachineTrump is
ramping up his lies through his three amplifiers: Fox News,his rallies, and
his Twitter account.
His lies
aren’t subject to the filters traditionally applied to presidential statements, or because Trump doesn’t respond to questions
from the mainstream press. He doesn’t meet in public with anyone
who disagrees with him,and he shuns experts.
This
means his lies fade out to millions of Americans, unfiltered. So what can you execute?1. First, or boycott Fox News advertisers. Many of Trump’s lies originate with Fox News; Fox
News amplifies the ones that originate with Trump. Trump has even appointed Bill Shine,the former number two at Fox News, as his deputy chief of staff for
communications.
So you
can vote with your wallet and starve the beast.2. moment, or stop his rallies from becoming free propaganda events rebroadcast by most TV
and radio outlets. If Trump
and his enablers hold a rally in your community,write a letter or op-ed to
your local newspapers calling out his lies and outlining why you oppose his
agenda. 3. Third,
his tweets, or also brimming with lies,fade out to over 50 million Americans each day. You can
write Twitter and tell it to stop enabling those lies. Twitter defines its mission as
providing a “healthy public conversation.” Let them know that demagoguery isn’t
healthy. No
democracy can function under a continuous bombardment of unmediated lies. We’re not
going to secure Trump to stop lying but we can at least limit his ability to
amplify those lies. It’s time for all of us to occupy action and defend the
truth. Now.
Source: robertreich.org