Jon Stewart: Trump’s Winning War With Media by Using Their ‘Own Narcissism’ Against Them

Mediaite ^ | October 31, 2018 | Caleb Ecarma

[Calvin Locke]

Not to mention that it gives the LSM an very weak excuse not to cover the policies that are having a positive effect, much to both the LSM's dismays and beliefs.

And, avoid the lopsided comparison of Trump's America to that of Obama's "America".

[Mastador1]

And Jon Stewart knows narcissism!

[Titus-Maximus]

Where’s he’s wrong is that Trump’s policies are working and the DNC controlled media does not want to report his achievements. They will not show Trump speaking with black entrepreneurs who are cheering him because it hurts the cause of the Democrat party. Every article has to be negative, no matter the cost in credence. They will not do straight reporting, they will never be viewed as helping the Republican Party - so it’s negativity all the time.

They would rather say he is Hitler and he caused the murder of Jews rather that talk about tax cuts and the reduction of federal regulation.

The Democrats have no real message, besides impeach Trump and everything is free. Their media mimics them, and attacks Trump relentlessly without talking substance. People are fed up, but Stewart should own up and say the Dem Party has no message. Socialism is not a message, it is a disease and a political failure.

Read the Podesta emails, if people cannot figure out the media is working for the DNC after reading those ridiculous, fawning emails from high level journalists, then nothing can convince them. The media and the DNC are one.

[Always A Marine]

"I think that journalists have taken it personally, they are personally wounded and offended by this man. He baits them, and they dive in," Stewart replied. "What he’s done well, I thought, is appeal to their own narcissism, to their own ego, because when he [attacks the media], they say, we are noble, we are honorable, how dare you, sir! And they take it personally." - Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart's observation is spot on, echoing another voice:
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War, ca. 500 BC

Like all Marine Corps officers, I studied Sun Tzu my entire career. I have never seen a greater student and practitioner of Sun Tzu's principles than Donald Trump. The old Chinese general would be proud.

[justa-hairyape]

Half wits not even in our league. It took him this long to figure this out ?

[Billthedrill]

No objective journalist would be susceptible to this sort of technique. What we have, however, are self-aggrandizing media celebrities, and they are.

[Boomer]

At 90% negative coverage of President Trump; I’d say the news media has earned every single gut punch they get.

Especially when one contrasts the current coverage with the obummer coverage. Then it was probably 90% positive coverage but it wasn’t earned.

Trump has earned that 90% positive coverage but because today’s MSM are such ideologues against anything right wing; Trump gets what he gets. Plus to the MSM; this is personal. They are used to having a punching bag as a republican President who doesn’t punch back. Trump fights back. At this point the MSM is bloodied and bruised while Trump doesn’t have a mark on him from the fight. This just makes the MSM even more livid and crazed.

Wouldn’t it be great if the news media had to pay serious fines for putting out fake news ie blatant lies!?

[ro_dreaming]

“Now, he’s changed the conversation to not that his policies are silly or not working or any of those other things, it’s all about the fight and he’s able to tune out everything else and get people just focused on the fight, and he’s going to win that fight.”


The moron is oblivious to the fact that Trump's policies ARE working. And actually better than anyone had a right to think.