Not Necessarily Connected Thoughts

Apropos of the post just below:

Wow. To make it absolutely clear - real journalists do NOT get paid by sources. https://t.co/H4vmg0BPPf

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) February 26, 2019

Will journalists take any responsibility for this? Or will they just blame "the people"?

A grand welcome: Uniformed soldiers lined a red carpet at the foot of the stairs from Air Force One as President Trump arrived in Vietnam https://t.co/3VfQma87Xm pic.twitter.com/lETWLQCaWC

— CNN International (@cnni) February 26, 2019

No wonder Trump loves summits.

In nearly 10 years covering the @WhiteHouse, having been on Presidential trips to more than 100 countries, I have never seen the White House Press Corps kicked out of our unilateral press/broadcast center by request of a foreign leader.

— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) February 26, 2019

That's because no one else has ever been BFF's like Trump and Kim.

Did anyone from the Whitr House fight to keep US reporters in? https://t.co/yOdpSmQ2fX

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 26, 2019

Questions that answer themselves.

Update: the LA-bound Amtrak train that had been stranded in Oregon since *Sunday night* is now headed back to Seattle https://t.co/hKts9nYM7o

— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) February 26, 2019

Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Dept. Did it really take Amtrak 48 hours to figure out the train had "reverse"? Can we be assured Amtrak is NEVER in charge of high-speed rail?

And, of course:  Pay No Attention to That Liar talking to Congress!  Pay Attention to Our Liar In The White House!

White House statement regarding Micheal Cohen’s testimony to Congress this week: pic.twitter.com/i1QfSPkO2p

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 26, 2019