Now that former @nba referee Tim Donaghy is doing the press “car wash” promoting @netflix “Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul”, he is – again - enjoying a compliant, uncritical, and often fawning press. A thread for those new to this phenomenon on media manipulation (and worse) 1/x
Some may recall I have always been impressed by Donaghy’s ability to ingratiate himself to many in the media and to manipulate them/the public even as he tells *demonstrable* falsehoods
His ability to stay “on message” (with the help of the media who ask the same provided questions) is remarkable – here are examples from his 2009 press if this is news to you or if you think I’m exaggerating
Now that former @nba referee Tim Donaghy is doing the press “car wash” promoting @netflix “Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul”, he is – again - enjoying a compliant, uncritical, and often fawning press. A thread for those new to this phenomenon on media manipulation (and worse) 1/x
Some may recall I have always been impressed by Donaghy’s ability to ingratiate himself to many in the media and to manipulate them/the public even as he tells *demonstrable* falsehoods
His ability to stay “on message” (with the help of the media who ask the same provided questions) is remarkable – here are examples from his 2009 press if this is news to you or if you think I’m exaggerating
I stopped tracking this phenomenon a decade ago but of course have seen/heard many of his appearances since and the pattern hasn’t abated. For example, here he is in 2019 repeating his rehearsed lines respectively for @PatMcAfeeShow and @BarstoolBigCat @PardonMyTake https://t.co/20Qz7FYVFc
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I stopped tracking this phenomenon a decade ago but of course have seen/heard many of his appearances since and the pattern hasn’t abated. For example, here he is in 2019 repeating his rehearsed lines respectively for @PatMcAfeeShow and @BarstoolBigCat @PardonMyTake https://t.co/20Qz7FYVFc
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