{"id":55205,"date":"2024-03-18T17:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55205"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:11:12","slug":"trumps-bloodbath-and-the-context-this-is-how-many-media-have-manipulated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/03\/18\/trumps-bloodbath-and-the-context-this-is-how-many-media-have-manipulated\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump's 'bloodbath' and the context: this is how many media have manipulated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common methods by which some journalists manipulate certain statements is to take them out of context.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/02\/12\/the-nato-countries-that-should-be-alarmed-by-trumps-statement-on-russia\/\">The NATO countries that should be alarmed by Trump's statement on Russia<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/20\/donald-trump-was-a-pro-life-politician-but-his-words-indicate-that-he-is-no-longer-one\/\">Donald Trump was a pro-life politician but his words indicate that he is no longer one<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>All journalists know that <strong>context is important when assessing the meaning of a word<\/strong>, but sometimes this is forgotten in the interest of attacking a person. In the last few hours, <strong>a multitude of media outlets have claimed that Trump has said that there will be a \"bloodbath\" if he loses the election<\/strong>, as if he were issuing a threat. Let's look at some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/16\/us\/politics\/trump-speech-ohio.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorks Times<\/a>: <em>\"Trump Says Some Migrants Are \u2018Not People\u2019 and Predicts a \u2018Blood Bath\u2019 if He Loses\"<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/03\/17\/donald-trump-bloodbath-chinese-cars-election-ohio-rally\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a>: <em>\"Trump warns of \u2018bloodbath\u2019 if he loses presidential election\".<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/internacional\/trump-augura-bano-sangre-si-pierde-elecciones-noviembre_1_11219777.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eldiario.es<\/a>: <em>\"Trump augura un \u201cba\u00f1o de sangre\u201d si pierde las elecciones de noviembre\".<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.com\/noticias\/mundo\/donald-trump-augura-bano-sangre-estados-unidos-pierde-elecciones_2024031765f6e8b3649e3a0001682163.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antena 3<\/a>: <em>\"Donald Trump augura un \"ba\u00f1o de sangre\" en Estados Unidos si pierde las elecciones\".<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telecinco.es\/noticias\/internacional\/20240317\/donald-trump-preve-bano-sangre-eeuu-pierde-comicios-frente-joe-biden_18_011994196.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telecinco<\/a>: <em>\"Donald Trump pronostica un \"ba\u00f1o de sangre\" en EEUU si pierde los comicios de noviembre ante Joe Biden\"<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Has Donald Trump really made that threat? To verify this it is necessary to review that speech. <strong>Trump uttered that word at a public event in Ohio.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NwF5SeswFQc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> You can see the full video here.<\/a> The word in question appears at point 29:56 of the video. <strong>He said it in the following sentence: <em>\"If I don't get elected it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole\"<\/em><\/strong>. You can see the video here (I have inserted it so that it plays a little before those words, to review the context):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NwF5SeswFQc?si=ujFDCKVCqRHKpwBH&amp;start=1743\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, <strong>Trump was talking about the automobile industry.<\/strong> In that context, the word \"bloodbath\" takes on a different meaning than what many media outlets have wanted to convey. <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/bloodbath\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Cambridge University Dictionary indicates this second meaning for the word \"bloodbath\"<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>a very bad situation in which a lot of harm or damage is caused:<br \/>\nThe government seem determined to continue in the face of an electoral bloodbath.<br \/>\nWe know there will be a bloodbath of job cuts in January and February.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>So, in that context, \"bloodbath\" would be equivalent to disaster.<\/strong> In fact, it is a word commonly used by the economic press to refer to sharp falls in the stock market:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a6b40484-7774-4aad-91a4-4e9115006b60\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times<\/a>: \"Stellantis warns of EV \u2018<strong>bloodbath<\/strong>\u2019 as Ford cuts F-150 Lightning output\".<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/markets\/stocks\/news\/bear-attack-on-d-st-nifty-slips-below-19000-on-weak-global-trends\/articleshow\/104714371.cms?from=mdr\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Economic Times<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Bloodbath<\/strong> on D-St! Sensex crashes 900 pts; investors lose Rs 5.8 lakh crore\".<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/market-outlook-stock-bond-investors-inflation-yields-debt-nouriel-roubini-2023-11\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Markets Insider<\/a>: <em>\"The market '<strong>bloodbath<\/strong> is likely to continue' with investors set to lose tens of trillions over next decade, Nouriel Roubini says\"<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/markets\/stocks\/news\/bloodbath-on-d-street-investors-lose-rs-2-lakh-crore-in-15-mins-of-trade-as-sensex-crashes-800-points\/articleshow\/106914577.cms?from=mdr\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Economic Times<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Bloodbath<\/strong> on D-Street! Sensex tanks 1,628 points. Top 5 factors behind today's market crash\"<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Media such as <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/18\/trump-advierte-bano-de-sangre-industria-automotriz-pais-si-pierde-elecciones-trax\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/internacional\/2024\/03\/17\/65f64634fdddff2d428b456d.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Mundo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/internacional\/trump-advierte-bano-sangre-industria-del-motor-pais-si-pierde-elecciones-12543784\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ok Diario<\/a> <strong>have published the context when quoting those statements<\/strong>, which gives them a very different meaning than what other media outlets, that do not cite the context, try to give them.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, <strong>one can agree or not with Trump<\/strong> (personally, there are things I like about his approaches and there are others, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/20\/donald-trump-was-a-pro-life-politician-but-his-words-indicate-that-he-is-no-longer-one\/\">his recent statements on abortion<\/a>, which I don't like at all), but <strong>disagreeing with him does not justify the act of manipulating his words<\/strong>, and even less so when that manipulation is done by a media outlet. The only thing that is achieved with these bad practices is <strong>an increasing loss of credibility of the media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: AP Foto.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common methods by which some journalists manipulate certain statements is to take them out of context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10720],"tags":[2807,9189,6198,2808,21452,21453,10431],"class_list":["post-55205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","tag-antena-3","tag-donald-trump","tag-eldiario-es","tag-telecinco","tag-the-new-yorks-times","tag-the-telegraph","tag-united-states"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 01:54:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}