Is it really trolling to make factual statements?
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2026
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Journalism == trolling. Nobody told you?
Journalism is trolling and facts are liberal spin.
I'm a simple man. I see Kaitlan Collins, I click.
Her reporting isn't trolling.
The Independent running the article after the faire was closed for heat today and therefore no one is there, is next level trolling and im here for it.
You're right, it's terrorism. Or will be declared as such soon enough, mark my words. The days of free speech in the U.S. are numbered.
Ain’t nobody want to go to a pedophile fair.
Reality is not trolling.
The sites that do things like claim that CNN is "trolling Trump" are doing it to get clicks from left-leaning people. But, the effect is to hurt the interests of left-leaning people.
CNN is factually reporting on the "state fair" thing in an unbiased way, but reporting it truthfully makes Trump look bad.
Calling it trolling makes it seem like it's what Jordan Klepper does on The Daily Show. It makes it seem partisan and biased.
But hey, these news sites are out to make a buck, and people post their stuff to social media sites like this one which generates clicks and revenue. So, mission accomplished.
Reality often has a troll like bias.
Eris you feisty little minx.
Following his speech, the president is planning on setting off fireworks for 40 minutes in an attempt to break the world record for fireworks. Firework manufacturers have said this will cost many millions of dollars, but the White House is yet to disclose exactly how much they are spending and how they obtained the funds.
Those USAID funds, and funding for dozens of other programs, aren't going where they're legally supposed to anymore, so probably from there.
Is 40 minutes really considered a world record for fireworks? I remember being in Japan and they were going on for what felt like more than an hour at least
Almost certainly not. The labor day fireworks they shoot off in Cincinnati every year last at least that long.
Nah they've already spent those funds, u said was cut months ago
He's spent these too probably. It'll just be a dozen interns shaking pill bottles full of pennies and shouting bang
Since the article doesn't include a video clip of the CNN segment, I wonder if Kaitlan Collins did it with a big smile.
I hope she did.
First comment on the article, “that’s not ‘trolling’ - that's reporting”
Damn straight.
There was an event down the road that had considerable people at it. So the heat excuse kinda falls flat.
Send deets. Peopoe might want to go.
My bosses at work who are 60+ all remember how great the 200th was. Everyone voted trump and everyone is disappointed beyond belief at how bad this 250th is.
reporting is trolling now???
Reality isn't a troll. Reality only trolls a troll.
Dump is going to froth his diapers in rage and try to get her fired for this
Didn't Ellison recently acquire CNN? If so she'll very likely get fired and blackballed by all the right-wing propaganda outlets
Sounds like a plus to me
And, another video of the speaker series shows former Bachelor contestant turned Evangelical preacher, Madi Prewitt Trout, speaking to a near-empty audience.
Geez you’d think that’d have been a doorbuster.
It would be funny if it wasn't actually sad.
Some probably refused to come out of spite but many probably couldn't afford to come and at the moment can't afford to go anywhere.
A lot of people probably simply aren't interested in going to an outdoor event during a record-breaking heatwave.
They’ve only had a heatwave recently. The fair was poorly attended before the heatwave.
Especially not to see:
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A bunch of mostly-empty booths for each state, which aren't even affiliated with the governments of those states, many of which (reportedly) feature only a stamp to collect to show you've been there, and nothing else
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A cheap mockery of greco-roman architecture executed in the medium of plywood facades on top of white plastic tents
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A succession of 4th-rate bands and performers nobody has heard of on a small stage
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A ferris wheel that (reportedly) is out of order about 50% of the time
That would be disappointing and not really worthwhile even if the weather was beautiful for it, even if it wasn't strongly associated with a would-be fascist dictator and well-known pedophile.
Oh yeah, and to top it off, it's in the middle of DC, which is a pretty liberal city. Not exactly teeming with Trump's target audience.
It's disappointing and not worthwhile because the would-be fascist dictator and well-known pedophile decided to make it about him and drove away everyone competent to make it fun.
And a stage that literally startwdbfalling apart during an act lol
Incompetent fascism is embarrassing even to fascists.
Are they asking the booths how much foot traffic they need to justify the state expenditure to be there? Because they are wasting taxpayer money to be bored and hot currently.
My state spent zero tax dollars on this campaign rally, but apparently we had a table. Someone from a Trump organization drove down there and manned a table in our name
Are they asking the booths how much foot traffic they need to justify the state expenditure to be there? Because they are wasting taxpayer money to be bored and hot currently.
It would be a pittance compared to the billions Trump is stealing from taxpayers. At least the people paid to run the booths are regular people and not billionaires.
I really wanted to watch the video but maybe because I'm on moving, that site is a shit show. The ads interrupt the video every few seconds.
Ditto. It is a pretty effective advertising machine, but content delivery seems to be almost accidental.
Not to defend Trump, but it's hot as shit on the east coast. Philadelphia even canceled their 4th of July parade because of the heat.
I don't think people would have shown up regardless of which pedophile was in charge.
I mean, he's the party that is continuing to dismantle green energy. So this is sorta like a self inflicted nut punch.
The best kind of nut punch.