# Post x_916655548623413248

- Post ID: `x_916655548623413248`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-07T13:24:48.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_916655548623413248
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_916655548623413248/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_916655548623413248.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> .@NBCNews is so knowingly inaccurate with their reporting. The good news is that the PEOPLE get it, which is really all that matters! Not #1

## Engagement

- Likes: 73,624
- Reposts: 15,842
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:57:52.692Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post x_916655548623413248

**Post:** ".@NBCNews is so knowingly inaccurate with their reporting. The good news is that the PEOPLE get it, which is really all that matters! Not #1"

### Context & Timing
Saturday morning, October 7, 2017, ~9:24 AM ET. Trump was likely at the White House or en route to a weekend location. Weekend morning posting during a period of significant negative coverage (Tillerson "moron" comment, Price resignation, Puerto Rico criticism).

### Authorship
Mixed signals. Weekend morning timing, emotional content, and the terse "Not #1" jab suggest authentic Trump. The grammar is clean but the style—media attack + populist appeal + ratings dig—is quintessential Trump voice.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a routine media-attack post operating on familiar patterns. The word "knowingly" is notable—it escalates from incompetence to malice, attributing deliberate intent. The pivot to "the PEOPLE get it" deploys populist framing to recast media criticism as elite-vs-people conflict. The closing "Not #1" is a classic narcissistic devaluation through status metrics (ratings).

The post functions as a defensive maneuver during a week of genuinely damaging stories. Rather than address Tillerson, Price, or Puerto Rico, it attacks the messenger.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Populist appeal ("the PEOPLE")—capitalization signals in-group elevation
- Ad hominem (attacking NBC rather than addressing specific reporting)
- Status attack ("Not #1")—reducing a news organization to its ratings ranking
- Attribution of malice ("knowingly")—transforms disagreement into conspiracy

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NBC News is knowingly inaccurate with their reporting" | **Unverifiable** | Blanket accusation without specific claims cited. NBC was covering genuinely newsworthy stories (Tillerson, Price, Puerto Rico) during this period. |
| "NBC News is not #1" | **Mostly True** | In October 2017, NBC News ratings varied by program but the network was competitive. The claim is vague enough to be selectively true depending on metric chosen. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Weekend morning post
- Terse closing jab 'Not #1'
- Emotional media-attack pattern
- Capitalized PEOPLE
- Clean grammar but authentic voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (NBC News negative coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting NBC News
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Populist identification—'the PEOPLE get it' creates shared bond with audience against media

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket accusation of 'knowingly inaccurate' reporting without specifying what is inaccurate
- Implies audience should distrust NBC coverage categorically

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> NBC News is knowingly inaccurate with their reporting

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Blanket accusation without specific claims cited. NBC was covering genuinely newsworthy stories (Tillerson, Price, Puerto Rico) during this period.

> NBC News is not #1

**MOSTLY TRUE**

In October 2017, NBC News ratings varied by program but the network was competitive. The claim is vague enough to be selectively true depending on metric chosen.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- media-attack (90%)
- populism (60%)
- deflection (70%)
- ratings-devaluation (50%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Morning Media Grievance Gives Way to Ominous North Korea Ultimatum**

Trump spent the day at the White House before departing for North Carolina in the late afternoon. The morning opened on an upbeat note — celebrating a favorable Washington Post story and strong fundraising numbers — before quickly pivoting to complaints about late night comedians and media bias, a theme he returned to multiple times. The most striking moment came mid-afternoon when he publicly dismissed 25 years of North Korea diplomacy and declared that "only one thing will work," a thinly veiled threat of military force during one of the tensest periods of the nuclear standoff. Otherwise, it was a scattered day of governance signaling, media attacks, and self-congratulation with no clear through line.

Full digest for 2017-10-07: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 7). .@NBCNews is so knowingly inaccurate with their... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_916655548623413248
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@NBCNews is so knowingly inaccurate with their reporting...." X (Twitter), 7 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_916655548623413248. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".@NBCNews is so knowingly inaccurate with their reporting....," X (Twitter), October 7, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_916655548623413248.

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