#MediumIsCandidate

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

#ToxicPopularity #MediumIsCandidate /\
#FWakePopula /\

The characteristics of what it takes to create popular content and what it takes to be a popular politician are the same. Social media is the candidate, same brain behaviors of the audience.

January 15, 2025 #NeilPostmanWasRight #iPhoneFever

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Mace spent $160,000 to get herself booked on TV Nancy Mace's former staff said she always wanted to be on TV. Campaign finance reports confirm that.

#MediumIsCandidate "The Medium is The Candidate"
#TheMediumIsTheCandidate "The Medium is The Candidate" (Marshall McLuhan reference)

"Nancy Mace is always on TV—because she dropped $160,000 on a news booker (dailydot .com)"
#NancyMace #FWakeNancy
#FWakeTV //\\

December 18, 2024 #FUBAR1712

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

Ex-Aides Say Gabbard Regularly Consumed Russian State Media: Report Ex-staffers, Senate aides, and members of the intelligence community are raising concerns about Tulsi Gabbards nomination as intelligence director.

#ManchurianPopulation ::: #MediumIsCandidate

#RollingStone #SSAM202412

99% of the population thinks it is only a FEW people and just can't see the meme-life anti-intellectualism that Surkov's monomyth has invoked in the ENTIRE POPULATION, 99% of people. Russia has won entirely since March 2013.

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

Trump posts bizarre AI pic of himself with a Canadian flag (on a Swiss mountain) The post appeared to be a somewhat confusing reference to a joke the President-elect made with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week

#NotDomesticUSA NOT USA news

"Conquest: Trump posts bizarre AI pic of himself with a Canadian flag (on a Swiss mountain)"

#RescueDonaldTrumpAndFriends We must RESCUE Donald Trump #AntiReality - #SurkovWonSuperDeep

December 4, 2024 #MoreChicaneryOpera #MediumIsCandidate #DeathByLOL
#SSAM202412

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

MAGA Filmmaker Trump Praised Admits 2020 Election Fraud Doc Was B.S. MAGA filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza admitted that the election conspiracy film "2,000 Mules" used discredited data.

#MediumIsCandidate #BullshitEverywhere
#RollingStone
#PopularityOfTruth #UnPopularOpera

December 2, 2024

#2000Mules #DeceptionLeadership

"MAGA Filmmaker Trump Praised Admits 2020 Election Fraud Doc Was B.S. (rollingstone .com)"

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

JD Vance depicts himself as "Trump's wife" for Thanksgiving The vice president-elect posted a mock-up image of him and Trump superimposed over Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want" painting.

#AnticsPolitics #MemePolitics //\\ #SurkovMindFuck is #WarOnGender is #AntiReality

#JDVance ::: #MemeCandidate ::: #TheMemeIsCandidate #MediumIsCandidate

"JD Vance Depicts Himself as 'Trump's Wife' for Thanksgiving (newsweek .com)"

November 29, 2024

www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tha...

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

Romanian 'TikTok Messiah' embodies hybrid war with West Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has millions of likes on TikTok and hundreds of thousands of followers. He ran a successful social media campaign to emerge victorious in the first round of the country's presidential elections. #EuropeNews

#RealityTikTok #MediumIsCandidate "Medium is the Candidate" "TikTok is the Candidate"

"Romanian 'TikTok Messiah' presidential candidate embodies hybrid war with West, say experts (euronews .com)"

#RealityKremlin //\\ #SurkovSiegeOngoing

November 27, 2024

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election The role of Chinese-owned TikTok is under scrutiny following the shock victory of a far-right candidate in Romania’s election.

"TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election (politico .eu)"

November 26, 2024 #RealityTikTok

#MediaEcologyOpera ::: #MediumIsCandidate "Medium is Vote Like Candidate for Office of Power"

www.politico.eu/article/elec...

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

US election’s $15.9bn price tag makes it costliest in history Donations from billionaires, including Elon Musk and Bill Gates, make up a large part of the figures as they hope to swing the presidential vote

"US election’s $15.9bn price tag makes it costliest in history
Donations from billionaires, including Elon Musk and Bill Gates, make up a large part of the figures as they hope to swing the presidential vote"

November 5, 2024 #MediumIsCandidate

www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor...

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

Trump Rings In Election Day By Bashing Oprah and Fuming That Fox News ‘Should Be Ashamed’: ‘They Aren’t Pro-Trump At All’ Donald Trump said Fox News should be "ashamed" of itself for airing footage of Oprah Winfrey at a Harris rally where she made a dire warning about a Trump win.

#MediumIsCandidate #CandidateIsMedia "The Medium is The Candidate" #RealityFoxNews is #AntiReality

November 5, 2024

"Trump Rings In Election Day By Bashing Oprah and Fuming That Fox News ‘Should Be Ashamed’: ‘They Aren’t Pro-Trump At All’"
Zachary Leeman

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

"Two years ago Rogan described Trump as “an existential threat to democracy” and refused to have him on his show. But the pair seemed friendly on Friday as they chatted" - October 26, 2024

#MediumIsCandidate "The Medium is The Candidate". See also: "The Medium is the MassAge" - Marshall McLuhan.

Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

1 year ago

#UnderstandTheCrisis Understanding the Crisis in society.

Donald Trump is first and foremost a #MediaCharacter
Donald Trump is himself #MediaContent , #Content
Donald Trump is Social Media Dialog itself

#MediumIsCandidate

#RealityKremlin is the Russian Reality fiction people are engaging.