#Underplay
Essentially the media’s position is they’ll underplay Trump’s cognitive impairment as long as he’s still good at blowharding.
June 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I think we probably underplay how deluded and radical the Alberta government actually is
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December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I don't want to underplay it, but this was always going to be his play (mumbling about The Unthinkable) if things went sideways.
Fucking hell but this submoronic madman is now dangling the option of a nuclear attack. If it's unthinkable, you don't think it and you sure as hell don't vocalize it.
Trump: "Some of this weaponry is unthinkable. You don't even want to know about it. Oh, you could end this thing in two seconds if you wanted to."
March 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Did corporate media underplay coverage of No Kings because it was peaceful? That's a depressing but likely theory.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
i think we underplay the problem too when we say that the people who do this “have no lives”
if you made some people drive to a brick and mortar bsky location to screenshot Stancil they absolutely would
July 27, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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there’s no way to underplay how important this is for the future of government science.
Trump officials are now empowered to "discipline" federal scientists and "correct" their research if it doesn't advance administration's priorities. Science will undergo a hostile red team review. Fringe and industry-affiliated science will be given more weight. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump’s science guidelines could amplify climate skeptics
The new White House rules put more power in the hands of political appointees.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Never should underplay just how odious a person he is. A septic polyp of a human
Q: Your response to people who say you haven't been transparent enough about demolishing the East Wing?

TRUMP: I haven't been transparent? Really? I showed this to everybody that would listen. 3rd rate reporters didn't see it because they didn't look. You're a third rate reporter. Always have been
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You can’t underplay the announcement and the morale it creates for the troops on the ground.
November 18, 2024 at 8:11 AM
i cant believe i saw people underplay theodora chucking rocks, that single target damage on long range has made so many strategies work
September 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It is impossible to underplay just how little he understands about how anything actually works here in tangible reality
Trump suggests AI facilities should have coal plants right next to them for electricity
January 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Top news outlets underplay right-wing declaration of war against the left | Press Watch
The Times and the Post tried to shoehorn the shocking statements into their both-sides framing of the Kirk shooting as a symptom of political polarization
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September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I think there's a lot of reporters who underplay scoops that aren't their own.
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
two things can be true, but it’s weird to underplay the impact of $15 million from AIPAC
June 26, 2024 at 1:57 AM
It's specifically to underplay what was going on here. "Oh, teens! Have you seen girls these days?"
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I think we still underplay how much this has to do with X. It remains the main platform used by politicians, commentators and journalists, it was bought by Musk precisely for this purpose, and it's worked
I know it’s not very cool and I-told-you-so of me, but I never thought we’d see this level of open racism in the dead mainstream of the UK in my lifetime. Of course we were aware of The Warning From History and stuff, but it’s so jarring to see it unfold.
August 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
That's okay, our Civil War movies underplay the role of diarrhea and disease.
July 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
side point: most Chinese historiography tends to really underplay the role of slavery, partially because it was often under more pleasant seeming names like 'concubine.' the Marxists were actually better on this!
August 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The broadcast angle might actually underplay it. It was insane to see live. #AEW
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
people seriously underplay the strength of elected leaders, influential people and the like just saying a thing.

just... like... say a thing and repeat it. its the core of politics and communications. you say a thing and say it over and over and it becomes the story. it works.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ironic they want to underplay LGBT rights when they look like they want to invite you to their polycule
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I don't say this to underplay the severity and naked authoritarianism of it at all; it's fundamentally just really stupid and inept
June 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
consensus seems to be "heat" but i don't think we can underplay the role of "he's quite obviously been stuffed for months"
June 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
IMPORTANT: Don't let them underplay this.
9/11 was a few blocks of destruction in which the cleanup caused a lot of cancers.

The Palisades Fire alone is the size of Manhattan. There will be a lot more cancers than there was associated with 9/11 and Congress should go ahead and deal with that now to ensure workers they'll have healthcare.
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Responsible journalism means it's better to falsely underplay how bad a situation is than to contradict someone who's willing to lie to your reporters about it on background
The Times got this central fact entirely wrong in its big showcase hey-we're-showing-up-now-and-here's-the-authoritative-account piece on the Musk brigade
February 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM