• 520@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I don’t think anybody who read the headline was confused and thought he won the Iowa Democrat caucus.

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      10 months ago

      This headline wasn’t so bad, but I literally saw “Trump wins Iowa” earlier.

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        10 months ago

        Well that would also seem OK too. It’s major news and while I don’t known where you saw it, it’s likely for an intended audience that’s been following events thus far so it’s not exactly misleading since it can be reliably predicted that people reading it, like yourself will understand what was won.

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          10 months ago

          I understood this one, the “Trump wins Iowa” had me wondering.

          Not that Sky News is anything of a respectable source.

          I’d also question whether this is “major news” given that everyone saw this outcome coming months ago. Trump is the leading Republican, by far, the real question is whether he can legally be President again, or whether he can win the vote without a massive increase in the kind of fraud his party undertook in the last election.

          The real problem is outside the votes, unfortunately. Even if Trump loses, there’s a bunch of people who think their decision is more valid than any majority. Civil war is looming.

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          10 months ago

          I agree with what you’re saying, but remember that a lot of new-to-politics people are starting to pay attention, and they might now understand how the Iowa stuff works.

          Shit, I barely do and I’ve been following politics since early 2020.