Melania Trump plagiarism/rickroll megathread

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FWIW, even my non-political friends are sharing this. This one might have some staying power.

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Guys,

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Objectively, even if you think this criticism is unfair, this is going to be perhaps the single thing people remember from this convention, unless, as someone else pointed out, someone does something even more blatant and stupid. This has the potential to put a major dent in the post-convention bounce that Trump was counting on and sets up the Democrats well going into August.

We all know that last one was Ted Cruz.

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This really is the biggest sin of the media these days, and it really has to do with the media trying to avoid being labeled as liberally biased. If something happens that looks like it will help the Democrats or hurt the Republicans, the media will avoid taking a stance and say everything is 50/50. "Maybe she did plagiarize, maybe she didn't." CNN always does this. We don't have a Murrow or Cronkite who is going to tell it like it is, just loud talking heads and moderators who go out of their way to stay neutral.

Somewhere in the last 20 years, real reporting and journalism went down the tubes. You could look at Fox News, who are the biggest culprits of this, but then CNN decided to hire failed NBC president Jeff Zucker, who said CNN was too liberal, and decided to ratchet up the sensationalism on the channel to a whole new level. They've given a platform to Trump and his surrogates who offer zero analysis or insight, but are just there to be a mouthpiece for him.

WHAT? You mean having a legitimate discussion about MH370 flying into a black hole doesn't qualify as hard-hitting journalism?

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I can't believe this happened. First Trump's campaign goes to Elsa coloring books and now they cite Twilight Sparkle. This is hilarious.

He's trying to reach out to the 5 year old girl vote. He has had problems with them in the past.

"See, he's only being so mean to you because he really likes you."

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MSNBC just reported that the speech was written by Matt Scully, but that when he submitted the speech for review, it didn't contain any of the plagiarized portions.

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Another example of that is how they have done the speaker arrangements. Many have noted how each night they seem to put the headliner at the beginning of the primetime hour and not finish big, leaving half the audience leaving while Joni Ernst is talking for example. CNN reported yesterday that again old RNC hands wanted to do it the usual way (end the night with the big speech) but the Trump people rejected that.

I think Trump is right on getting the most important headliner at the beginning of the primetime hour.  The 10PM hour, when the broadcast networks join the coverage, is the least-rated of primetime because many people go to bed.  Putting your most important speakers later runs the risk of having a smaller audience, especially if the networks go with boring talking heads instead of showing the previous speakers, or the previous speakers bomb.  It also runs the risk of running late and having the networks cut away from your speech if it's too boring.  Putting your most important speakers earlier ensures a greater audience, at least on the East Coast.  And, as Muon has been telling us, it runs the risk of the main speaker speaking to an empty floor, as delegates leave for parties and get togethers.

Is there some statistic on swing state voters per time zone? I imagine east has the most because of FLOHVAPA.