About this episode

Molly McPherson discusses the Deflection Trap in crisis management as illustrated by Trump's recent interview.

When a presidential interview goes off the rails, it is rarely an accident. It is a pattern. A man tried to kill the president on Saturday. By Tuesday, the dominant news story was a court filing about a ballroom. That is not a glitch in the news cycle. That is a Trap working exactly as designed. This week, I am introducing the fourth Trap in the Crisis Doctrine. The Deflection Trap. The four-move playbook leaders run when they cannot afford to answer the question they were asked. I pulled 8,7...

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Host: Molly McPherson

Topics covered

• politics
• media analysis
• crisis management
• interview techniques
• news cycles

Keywords

• Trump
• 60 Minutes
• Deflection Trap
• Crisis Doctrine
• media manipulation

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