“There appears to have been, for sure, um, illegal, if not illegal improper, unmasking of Americans,” the conservative pundit added. “We know that’s so because of the Flynn the unmasking.”
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I have corrected the quote in the bold section, to better represent what Charles said and to give some inflection to this.
In my mind, this is the Rush Limbaugh technique of Diminishing Exaggeration.
This usually goes like this:
- Everybody is doing it
- Most people are doing it
- Many people are doing it
- I heard about a guy who did it.
Look at his statements
- There appears to have been,
- for sure
- illegal
- if not illegal, improper
So he starts out by saying that there is an appearance.
Then he says it is for sure (definite)
Then he says it is illegal,
then he says it may not be illegal but improper.
A fair statement should have been:
There appears to be improper unmasking of American citizens
We do not have enough information to go beyond that.
But the words that will be picked up by people who have a bias are:
“There appears to have been, for sure, um, illegal, if not illegal improper, unmasking of Americans,” the conservative pundit added. “We know that’s so because of the Flynn the unmasking.”
Hmmmmm....
"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."
Paul Simon from his song "The Boxer"
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