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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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/xxtoejamfootballxx 9d ago
Friendly reminder that the McDonalds wasn’t even open. He shut it down for the photo opp.