Re:Peter Thiel Speaks at the National Press Club – Live Stream
by MichaelGG on Monday October 31, 2016 @12:20PM
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This is the other excellent outcome. People trust the news, they eat it up. Trump has shown it to be a farce, a circus (thinking of the tape he leaked a few months ago that got him a full day of coverage about absolutely nothing). This can only be a good thing, although perhaps I'm overestimating the number of people that will actually change habits.
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Re:Peter Thiel Speaks at the National Press Club – Live Stream
by scott_s on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:17PM
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I think you are making two claims, but I want to make sure. Are you claiming that:
1. Trump himself leaked the Access Hollywood recording; and
2. There was nothing relevant in the Access Hollywood recording.
The Access Hollywood recording came out at the beginning of this month, so I'm not sure if that's the one you're referring to.
Re:Peter Thiel Speaks at the National Press Club – Live Stream
by MichaelGG on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:18PM
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No I'm referring to the People Magazine interview, the one where he called back in and pretended to be a Trump employee. Washington Post "broke" the story IIRC, and the media spent a whole day with audio forensic analysts deciding "is this Trump's voice?". Trump got on interviews and says "Well it doesn't sound like me. When is this from? 25 years ago? Come on."
Here's a great cap of it at the end of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPnMfSJ_qis - skip to 1:50. You can even hear the studio crew start laughing as they realise they've been played.