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CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recently caused a bit of a media firestorm when he decided to deliver his analysis of Donald Trump bluntly, calling him a “bullshit artist” on live television. Now, Zakaria has a new segment where he explains the reason behind his use of the word and provides more examples as to why Trump is oh so deserving of the label. Zakariah also says that he does not use the term lightly.
“I was asked by CNN to make one more case where Donald Trump had said something demonstrably false and then explained it away with a caustic tweet and an indignant interview. I replied that there was a pattern here, and there is a term for a person who did this kind of thing, a bullshit artist. I was not using that label casually, and in case you have sensitive ears, I’m going to use it a few more times.”
At that point in the segment, Zakaria explains that he was borrowing the term from Harry Frankfurt’s classic essay, “On Bullshit” – rather than just using it as a derogatory descriptor in the colloquial sense.
Zakaria then delves into more examples of Trump’s bullshit artistry, including his promise that he will flip blue states red, without giving any inclination as to how he intends on doing so.
“Harry Frankfurt concluded that liars and truth-tellers are acutely aware of facts and truth. The bullshit artist, however, has lost all connection with reality. ‘By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are,’” Zakaria says.
You can watch the segment in its entirety FOLLOW THE LINK
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