Andrea Mitchell had Brennan on her show today

[ashling]

she brought up
trump's statement that the FBI had s "spy" on his campaign. Then she said that
Trump is " a master of branding"

I wasn't looking at the picture at that time, but Brennan seemed a little taken aback (I wish I had seen his face)

he replied correcting her, " he is a master of lies and deception."

[pansypoo53219]

1. the moron is a sideshow carny.

[Mike Nelson]

2. Ugh...

… Trump as "a master of branding" sounds more like a compliment. Cheers to Mr. Brennan for correcting Ms. Mitchell.

[RandomAccess]

4. See post #3

[RandomAccess]

3. I don't understand your objection

I think it's an incredibly insightful comment, and it doesn't mean he's not lying. Branding isn't about truth or lies or any other value-based concept.

Branding is simply causing the general public to associate a thing with a particular brand. Here's one definition; Google offers up a bunch of others:

Definition of branding: The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers' mind, mainly through advertising campaigns ...

[hatrack]

6. I wasn't aware that Andrea Mitchell's job was to point out "branding"

I thought her job was to separate reality from fiction - you know, "journalism" - as opposed to yet another steaming pile of meta-commentary too clever for its own good.

[RandomAccess]

7. Andrea Mitchell's "job" is to point out the facts

And some analysis and commentary here and there aren't, IMO, inappropriate at all. They provide context and understanding.

But in this case, her "master of branding" comment is, in fact, a FACT, not some steaming pile of whatever that you apparently imagine. It is, in fact, an incredibly important marketing concept. Take it or leave it, accept it or not, believe it or not. It won't matter to her -- or me, or much of anyone else -- at all.

[hatrack]

8. Well, I'll leave you to go do some branding . . . .

. . . or meta-branding, or whatever incredibly important marketing concept it is that you're . . . perceiving.

[RandomAccess]

12. Thank you. As a matter of fact, I do need to pay

a little more attention to branding for my internet marketing efforts. Good advice!

Tip: if you Google the term, you'll learn a lot just by reading the metadescriptions on the SERPs -- the Search Engine Results Pages. Marketing is all around you and that means branding is all around you. If you don't think it's important to understand that a lot of what Trump is doing is simple though masterful product branding, you might explore the subject a bit, so as to change your own, er, perceptions and perhaps see more clearly.

[Kirk Lover]

9. People just want to rag on the media....they don't realize they are helping RUMP...or maybe

they don't care.

[spanone]

5. the only thing trump has 'mastered' is his ability to lie with every breath.

[malaise]

10. That simple

[hatrack]

11. With plenty of help from Andrea "Emails" Mitchell