Crisis Communication

Kamps, Klaus

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Klaus Kamps²

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On March 6, 2020, President Trump visited a health center in Atlanta; after a facility tour, he expressed being impressed with the testing procedures. They were not only “beautiful,” he said, but as perfect as his phone call the other day (to Ukraine). There was little sign of concern about the pandemic that was just gaining momentum. Instead, Trump discovered something new—his own personal insightfulness. Dr. Trump: “I like this stuff. I really get it. (...) Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.” Lastly, he asked a Fox News reporter how good the ratings of the news show had been the night before.—Amazing how this works: a presidency in six sentences.

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Vgl. New York Times v. 13. März 2020, Fox Business Benches Trish Regan, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/business/media/trishregan-fox-hiatus.html.
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Vgl. Washington Post v. 26. April 2020, 13 hours of Trump, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/13-hours-of-trumpthe-president-fills-briefings-with-attacks-and-boasts-but-littleempathy/2020/04/25/7eec5ab0-8590-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html.
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Kamps, K. (2021). Crisis Communication. In: Commander-in-Tweet. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33965-4_8

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