Trump's "They're Eating Cats and Dogs" quote has become a meme. Would this help him get elected? I hope you can be impartial when responding to this question. Thank you
Last Updated: 18.06.2025 13:36
Given that US people are generally offered only a single point of view by media; their tendency toward confirmation bias with any new information is often a given. For example, if you were to say to a person from Chile that Haitians are eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, they’d find it unsurprising as it happens there too. This, as it goes against the confirmation bias of the people in the US, is considered preposterous there. Trying to contradict confirmation bias will result in very negative, and often nasty responses.
Original question: Trump's "They're Eating Cats and Dogs" quote has become a meme. Would this help him get elected? I hope you can be impartial when responding to this question. Thank you
It will stop being a “meme” when enough reports of Haitians eating cats surface in the US, at which time it will be forgotten about. For two years the Hunter Biden laptop was an invention according to US media — and then it wasn’t. That was more about cognitive bias; they presented stories as to why it couldn’t have been real, and people bought them. People like neat packages that don’t require much thought.
The media, an arm of the US Democratic Party, uses biases to influence thought. It’s actually an effective strategy. People are very prone to cognitive bias and/or confirmation bias.