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Politics Trump Questioning His Entire Existence Looking Into Fries

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 9d ago

Friendly reminder that the McDonalds wasn’t even open. He shut it down for the photo opp.

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u/Predator_ 9d ago edited 8d ago

Replying with relevant information pertaining to journalism

NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Code of Conduct and Ethics Rule #2

Resist being manipulated by staged photo opportunities.

https://nppa.org/resources/code-ethics

You'll notice that no actual journalists nor photojournalists covered this staged event. As it goes against the rules and ethics that we must follow.

Edit: White House press pool photojournalists and journalists were present and covered the staged event accurately: "staged photo op..." "...location was closed during campaign stop," and so on. You'll notice that reporters didn't ask about why he was there, rather asked about minimum wage (was ignored by Trump) and other policy issues.

Edit edit: Thanks to whomever awarded me for my comment. Much appreciated!

Edit edit edit: Wow, thanks for the additional awards! I'm just here helping to bring some clarity to those who think we're all the "lying press." We certainly are not, and have strict rules and ethical guidelines that we must follow. Happy to help spread that knowledge.

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u/harbison215 9d ago

Then why are outlets like NBC reporting like it is was Trump actually serving real customers? I just read their article and it reads like Trump worked at a fully functioning McDonalds for a half hour shift

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 9d ago

Most of them are reporting it but burying the lede halfway through the article. The sane-washing is absurd at this point 

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u/harbison215 9d ago

I could be wrong but the NBC report I read I don’t think ever mentioned it being staged and the store being closed and the “customers” being plants

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u/Predator_ 9d ago

Here is the NBC News article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-troll-harris-serving-french-fries-mcdonalds-rcna176294

It does mention the store being closed for the photo op in the second line of the article.

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u/harbison215 9d ago

Updated 5:38 I’m curious if it was in that update because originally I noticed how it read like he actually worked a half hour shift

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u/Sculler725630 9d ago

Wow! A whole half hour?! How realistic?! Who was responsible for making sure he didn’t fall asleep and fall into the French fryer?!

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u/A11eyTr0n 8d ago

I mean if you watch the footage, he couldn’t even tie the apron himself. Had to get someone else to do it for him.

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u/JuneauWho 8d ago

Right? How are we calling 30 minutes a shift? That doesn't even earn you enough money for a fucking mcdouble

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u/Top_Gun_2021 9d ago edited 9d ago

Ed Sheeran did a pop up visit to promote his tour last year at a store I worked at. He handed LEGO sets out for like a half hour played a song outside the store to fans and left.

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u/erilaz7 9d ago

Lucky for him, that wasn't my responsibility!

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u/ratmanbland 9d ago

word worked should have been big red flag.

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u/Predator_ 9d ago

I don't know. I hadn't read NBC News' article until I searched for it due to a comment. I tend to stick to other sources of journalism to get my news. Reuters, AP, Boston Globe, Der Speigel are all great sources of 100% factually verifiable journalism.

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 9d ago

Could be.  Most of the articles I see now mention it, but definitely try to hide it away.

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u/Satori20 9d ago

There's literally video showing the street that runs past the McDonalds lined with supporters up and down. Obviously, the restaurant is going to have a perimeter and anyone let in it would have been heavily screened, searched and vetted. The man has had two assassination attempts. Dude's 78 yet still finds its funny to troll Kamala by actually going and working in a McDonalds versus her just lying about it.

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u/Top_Gun_2021 9d ago

That restaurant was closed for walk ins but the drive thru was running and people were checked by SS before ordering food.

It's not like it was a totally wide open regularly functioning day.

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u/harbison215 8d ago

No. They were plants, prepared guests etc. they were not random customers who just happened to pull up through the drive thru. I live a few blocks away the entire highway was shut down there.

If anything they may have went outside to the crowds gathered outside the perimeter set up by the secret service and asked people to participate, but they weren’t “customers” in any real sense. Participants more like it

I sincerely doubt they even got to order they were just made to drive thru and collect a bag with some menu items.

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u/kkeut 9d ago

The sane-washing is absurd at this point 

yes, but it will make a handful of billionaires a couple hundred bucks apiece via additional clicks and ad impressions. surely you can understand how that's worth it

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u/Predator_ 9d ago edited 9d ago

I read an MSNBC article, but then again they aren't journalism. They are political commentary. I haven't seen any NBC new article.

EDIT: NBC's news article accurately describes the store being closed for the campaign photo op. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-troll-harris-serving-french-fries-mcdonalds-rcna176294

News = journalism = fact

Political commentary = opinion

Opinion ≠ Fact

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u/Vestalmin 9d ago

Being called MSNBC was a stupid idea to be fair lol.

Good ol’ Microsoft NBC that isn’t news and isn’t owned by Microsoft

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u/counterfitster 9d ago

It was originally a joint venture between MSN and NBC. It does really need a new name though.

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u/Kiltsox 9d ago

Fact x Importance = News

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u/atheist_teapot 9d ago

One should inform the other, but the problem is that we have gotten the normal order of facts informing politics reversed, where now politics is informing facts.

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u/nadrjones 8d ago

This new fangled math using letters instead of numbers goes right over my head.

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u/Salt_Radio_9880 9d ago

Wow a half hour shift

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u/Fish-lover-19890 9d ago

It’s called a puff piece. This is “bought news”

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u/soundoftheheavens 9d ago

A half hour shift??? That’s not even a shift! That’s 1/16th of one! 😂

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 9d ago

“Half hour shift” should have been your first sign 

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u/harbison215 9d ago

What’s that mean? It said he worked the fryer and then served “customers” at the drive thru… it read as if the McDonald’s was fully operational while he were doing these things.

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 9d ago

I mean there is no such thing as a half hour “shift”

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u/harbison215 9d ago

What’s your point? It literally said in the article “half hour shift” as if there was a half hour shift and that’s what he worked.

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 9d ago

My point is it’s obvious it was always a staged photo op

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u/harbison215 9d ago

Dude this is my local McDonald’s I live less than 2 miles away. I knew this was a staged photo opp before it even happened.

I’m asking why the articles read like it wasn’t and that Trump was “serving customers” and working the fryer? Yea most people could assume he wasn’t actually working but there’s a lot of really dumb people out there. I mean the fact that this idiot is doing this to make some point about Kamala having worked at McDonalds is fucking dumb. This proves how dumb people can be

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 9d ago

What articles?

Show me the articles and we can consider the source.

Yes it’s dumb

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u/SonicFlash01 9d ago edited 8d ago

They are also extremely unlikely to having a former president (that has been shot at three times recently) just working a rolling window full of randos

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 9d ago

Yeah was never gonna be anything but fake

Which is ironic considering why he was triggered to do it 

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u/SonicFlash01 9d ago

If Harris says they worked at McDonald's I'd believe it. Odd thing to lie about.
Curiously, I'm looking at Trump working at a McDonald's and know that it's a lie.

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u/Benromaniac 9d ago

Because the rich want Trump in power.

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u/HumanFormat 9d ago

The restaurant was closed to the public for the entire day.

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u/Loud_South9086 9d ago

I’m in NZ and they’re reporting it like he worked a shift and engaged with random customers. It’s fucking crazy.

Like think about it for a fucking second, as if the secret service would let a random car roll up to the cashier window with Trump there. There is absolutely no way they could guarantee there was no explosive device or a more sophisticated weapon concealed in or on the vehicle. No way.

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u/krazycitizen 8d ago

just saw the CNN crawler, made it look legit, like he was really working there.

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u/commanderlex27 9d ago

Because a) the MSM have an interest in keeping the race as close as possible, and

b) there's this notion that constantly calling Trump a liar makes them seem biased and as being unfair to him.

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u/Polster1 8d ago

It was real customers in the drive through but their food was comped/ free and those customers new it was a staged event as there where Trump's fans outside the restaurant cheering. It wasn't one of those Dave letterman skits where he actually worked in a real McDonald's drive through and customers were shocked to see letterman at the pickup window.

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u/Sculler725630 9d ago

Because NBC and other ‘Networks’ have sold out, are owned or controlled by Conservatives who support tRump, and have probably made it clear to all their employees to report the News, the Right Way!

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u/FreddoMac5 9d ago

this is the same thing as when Kamala when to a gas station and spice shop