Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumMike Bloomberg's campaign is polluting the internet
If a dumpster is already on fire, is there any harm in throwing some more trash into it?
Mike Bloombergs campaign has spent the last month unapologetically performing the digital equivalent of dumping buckets of fresh garbage into the trash fire that is internet discourse in 2020, apparently with little or no concern for the toxic side effects.
Its a cynical approach, and if left unchecked, it threatens to poison the atmosphere for good.
The first sign that the Bloomberg campaign was prepared to test the unwritten rules around digital campaigning came in mid-February, when a coordinated influencer campaign flooded Instagram with paid content promoting the image of the 78-year-old billionaire as a bumbling but lovable dad just trying to get down with the kids. The Bloomberg memes conveniently sidestepped the transparency rules Facebook and Instagram put in place after the 2016 election, while attracting huge amounts of attention and media coverage.
Next came the campaigns infamous post-debate video, which used editing tricks to fabricate a moment of triumph for Bloomberg out of decidedly less triumphant raw material. The video showed Bloombergs Democratic rivals struck dumb for 20 seconds after Bloomberg asserted that he was the only person on stage to have started a business; Bloomberg did make that statement, but the extended silence was faked.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/mike-bloomberg-social-media-strategy
Heh... when I searched the title, I came upon this post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142058603
Americans are facing an epidemic of dishonesty in Washington that is more dangerous than terrorism or communism, according to former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In a commencement speech on Saturday at Rice University in Houston, the billionaire said an endless barrage of lies and a trend toward alternate realities in national politics pose a dire threat to US democracy.
The 76-year-old, who flirted with an independent presidential run in 2016, did not call out any politicians by name. Although he derided Donald Trump as a con and a dangerous demagogue before his election, in an interview before the speech at Rice Bloomberg refused to comment specifically on the president. Fact checkers have determined that Trump has made hundreds of false and misleading statements since entering the Oval Office.
This is bigger than any one person, Bloomberg said. Its bigger than any one party.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/12/michael-bloomberg-epidemic-of-dishonesty-threat-democracy
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BilltheCat
(65 posts)No issue with Bloomberg spending as much as he wants to remind the public. thanks.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)Regarding civil rights, supporting repubs, women in the workplace, to name a few. No thanks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Raven123
(4,844 posts)Is the one in which he says how many jobs he created. It is cringeworthy. The job creator mantra is an odd choice in a Dem primary.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Last I knew creating good paying jobs was not a bad thing.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BusyBeingBest
(8,054 posts)Should he be ashamed of building successful companies?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
blue neen
(12,321 posts)???
Plenty on TV, tho.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)OK, we get it, some media slicksters are making him out to be the 2nd coming. Its getting old and counter-productive especially when he isnt that perfect slickster creation in person.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
David__77
(23,418 posts)My husband and I got two things in one day!
I will say that one of the mailers had very nice card stock.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,162 posts)I had to find a video on how to use the Ti 84 calculator to perform a function and his ad was on that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
melman
(7,681 posts)Thanks for posting.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided