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Related: About this forumMolly Jong-Fast: People want authenticity
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
I dont know who told Democrats running for president that they should never do interviews and that they should never do their own social media, but the consultant who figures out that voters like an candidate who does their own social media and who does interviews will probably make even more money
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
The people who advised Clinton, Biden, and Harris made them feel that they couldnt write their own tweets or do their own interviews. I think that was a huge mistake.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
People want authenticity, democratic consultants were so fearful they prevented candidates from getting to be themselves at all. Voters didnt connect with the focus grouped result.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
Theyre obviously other factors at play here. But this is one for sure.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
45m
Theres a reason people feel invested in @maxwellfrost.bsky.social & @aoc.bsky.social & @repjasmine.bsky.social
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Obviously there are many others but those are 3 who have used social media to connect with voters in a successful way
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
I dont know who told Democrats running for president that they should never do interviews and that they should never do their own social media, but the consultant who figures out that voters like an candidate who does their own social media and who does interviews will probably make even more money
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
The people who advised Clinton, Biden, and Harris made them feel that they couldnt write their own tweets or do their own interviews. I think that was a huge mistake.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
People want authenticity, democratic consultants were so fearful they prevented candidates from getting to be themselves at all. Voters didnt connect with the focus grouped result.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
3h
Theyre obviously other factors at play here. But this is one for sure.
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
45m
Theres a reason people feel invested in @maxwellfrost.bsky.social & @aoc.bsky.social & @repjasmine.bsky.social
Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Obviously there are many others but those are 3 who have used social media to connect with voters in a successful way
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Molly Jong-Fast: People want authenticity (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jan 22
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surfered
(4,520 posts)1. Not sure. If people want authenticity, they would have never voted for Trump.
Ninga
(8,683 posts)2. Babble fills our screens. We are now in the age
of words hurt. Sticks and stones may hurt me bones but words will never hurt me.
yorkster
(2,621 posts)3. Like Molly Jong-Fast but tired of hearing
about what Dems didn't do. Heard Joe S.
this am talking about "joyless" Dems.
Usually watch BBC instead in the am, but telly was set to MSNBC from last night and I was on DU not really listening.Heard Scarborough bs and switched.
Jeezus. Trump is pulling every stunt in the book, intending on gutting government. Institutional memory will be on life support if he isn't stopped and this is what some people focus on?
yorkster
(2,621 posts)4. To be clear, I'm speaking of MSM, not op.
snowybirdie
(5,797 posts)5. I see this woman
Every day on MSNBC. Where did she come from? Aside from being a writer, what are her political creds? She is a relative of some famous writers of the 60s, but where did she come from and how did she get such supposed political acumen? Anyone know?