Jimmy Kimmel shows how some people will fall for any ridiculous lie about Hillary

[UCmeNdc]

The way that propaganda works is that once people develop a certain perception of something, it is very hard to disabuse people of that opinion. A case in point has played out over the primaries this season with Hillary Clinton. The general belief by many is that Hillary Clinton is a manipulative, cynical veteran of politics who is interested in her own power. Depending on what side of the political spectrum you fall on this perception, while based in many good bits of evidence, it’s seemingly exaggerated when you compare Clinton to virtually every single liberal moderate politician in America. Bernie and Hillary voted on the same things 93 percent of the time. We don’t need to have a pie fight about that. That’s a fact. Once again, I’ll note that I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary and that too is a fact. Jimmy Kimmel Live took on that perception in a piece that they occasionally do called “Lie Witness News.” The premise is that they ask people about something in the news, in this case the recent release of more (mostly) unremarkable personal email server emails from Clinton. The humor comes in that they ask people, while leading those people with more and more outrageous “facts” about what was revealed in the news.


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The sad thing about this whole exercise is just how badly Clinton's reputation has been tarnished.
Clinton's campaign has a lot of work to do to rebuild her image and repair her reputation.
Her terrible public reputation and image in the public's mindset is the only lifeline left for the Republicans and Donald Trump's campaign.

[MichMan]

1. Not surprised

Honestly, I'm not too surprised. A portion of the populace is generally clueless. Look at the large number of people that confused Tina Fey's skit on Saturday Night Live with actual quotes from Sarah Palin.

That being said, I think that someone on the street confronted with a camera/mic for a TV show is likely to tell the interviewer what they think they want to hear.