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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Oct 11, 2017

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#FakeNews

Bright Shiny Objects: Trump’s Real Art is Diversion

The news media is not fake, it is gullible. And Donald Trump plays them perfectly.

“There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute”

- Popularly attributed to P.T. Barnum

“We need P.T. Barnum, a little bit, because we have to build up the image of our country”

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