News Exercise #328

This isn’t news as such, but it is a statement about the current situation in the US.

This reporter cleverly twists what he is saying by using a manner and intonation that makes the interviewee feel that he is in agreement. This exposes the interviewee’s lack of interest in the actual truth.

What logical misunderstandings do these people have? (I skipped some parts that were just too distasteful)
0:13
0:33
2:47
10:04
11:16
11:38

Answers:

This reporter cleverly twists what he is saying by using a manner and intonation that makes the interviewee feel that he is in agreement. This exposes the interviewee’s lack of interest in the actual truth.
What logical misunderstandings do these people have? (I skipped some parts that were just too distasteful)
0:13 He blamed Obama for much of 9/11: not being in the Oval Office when he was needed, being on vacation too much… but at the time of 9/11 George W Bush was president.
0:33 She says that Obama’s birth certificate isn’t proof enough; there needs to be a witness of the birth of Obama, but not his mother because she would have motivation to lie. However, she would trust Trump’s birth certificate and Trump’s mother as a witness, because she would have no reason to lie.
2:47 She feels that gay couples want equal rights, which is too much.
10:04 She says that if Trump had done anything wrong he would block witnesses. When he points out that Trump had blocked witnesses, she said that she didn’t care.
11:16 He believes that it’s important to read the transcript, but that he didn’t have enough time to do it himself. However, he had been waiting in line to see Trump for many hours.
11:38 He said that it was important to read the transcript, to pay attention, and to think for oneself, don’t be a sheep, do your own research… but he also said that he didn’t need to read the transcript himself because others had read it and that he trusts what they have said.