Saturday, March 04, 2023

Journamalismizing

Your regular reminder that journalism requires no training or regulation, and really is about whatever the Kewl Kids are saying in the lunchroom. Not really that uncharted. We have a long history of politicians being indicted, or convicted, and still (when eligible) getting elected (eligible meaning “not currently in jail”). The uncharted part is an indicted or convicted President-elect. The only bar to holding the office of POTUS is age, prior impeachment that included a prohibition against holding federal office, or having already served two terms. So a President-elect could avoid imprisonment for four years (arguably, anyway). Which, actually, would be a strong argument against his election.

So not so mysterious after all.
If this is true: What’s the point of reporting on this speech at all? Except to say what Rupar says: one hour in and nothing newsworthy. That said, you could report this pretty much as stated: Like the “Freedom Cities” with the flying cars, this is so dumb it shouldn’t be filtered. It’s a fair cop. To not do so would be uncharted territory indeed.
A) can we just get transcriptions of this crap? B) I guess Trump isn’t worried about the women’s vote? (Pretty clear he thinks he knows what women really are, and it’s all a matter of negotiating price.) The awesome power of CPAC compels you to cover it! If you’re gonna complain about the problem, you really should provide a solution.
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