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trump, yada,yada,yada,

william smith
2 min readMay 7, 2020

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In 2009 the Paley Center and NBC counted down “TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases” in a two-hour special. It was “Seinfeld’s” “Yada, yada, yada” episode that took №1, over “D’oh” from “The Simpsons” and “How you doin’” from “Friends.”

Nobody disagrees more violently with Donald trump and all that he stands for than I but much of the media coverage related to trump is becoming “yada, yada, yada” in the sense that absolutely everything he and everybody in his administration does is considered to be completely idiotic. I could pretty much agree with that except the longer it goes on the more disingenuous it appears and that only risks losing the interest of those who will be needed to defeat trump in the upcoming presidential election.

In a June 1–2 Hill-HarrisX survey, 62 percent of female registered voters said they were unlikely to support Trump’s bid to obtain a second term. Fifty-three percent said they were very unlikely to back Trump. These votes cannot be jeopardized by “warmed-up journalism”.

“Warmed-up journalism” simply reuses ideas and writing that has been widely circulated. It escapes the…

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william smith
william smith

Written by william smith

Husband for 49 years. Dad forever! Very lucky man.

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