Thursday, August 17, 2017

Speakers Need Research, It Happened Again! The Case of Trump and the Parade Permits

In his now-famous impromptu news conference in Trump Tower, President Trump said that the white supremacists had a permit and the counter-protestors did not. It turns out that the counter-protestors did have a permit, and that they could have legally attended without one. Strike one, strike two.

Lessons:

1. Speakers need research, and for two reasons: (a) So the speaker doesn't waste the audience's time with nonsense and (b) So the speaker doesn't lose credibility.

2. Politically-motivated media (talk radio, cable news commentators, political websites, etc.) are not the best places to get accurate information.

Q. E. D.

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