The Storm Is Coming

Why do I feel like there's so many more of these scare stories than post indictment, "A few kooks actually showed up" stories. https://t.co/kdamm2wjiq

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 4, 2023

Be there, be mild.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 3, 2023

That this isn’t the overwhelming narrative yet says a lot. https://t.co/ngRTJBeYro

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 4, 2023

"Mild" does not grab eyeballs. I watched NBC sit for an hour or more (seemed like an eternity) covering Trump's arraignment. NBC's premier news announcer (hand to God I can't remember the man's name) looked like Diane Feinstein at a Senate hearing trying to remember his name, while the women (they all seemed to be women, I'm just observing, not making subtle commentary) talked on and on and on because they had nothing for the cameras. Never once saw the guy in the Trump suit, and occasionally they'd cut to another poor soul standing outside Prettyman (with the courthouse name on the building in the background so you'd know why you were watching) talking about what had happened in the courthouse 15 minutes earlier.  And Trump entered and left underground, so the best they could do was an "OJ watch" as the caravan finally drove away.

"Mild" is not good TeeVee.

But Trump did attract this guy so it wasn't a complete washout for him. pic.twitter.com/a2HZg5gicY

— Don Hammond (@bluestatedon) August 4, 2023

Yeah, NBC didn't show that, either; more's the pity.

The more delusional a MAGA voter take on Trump’s indictments, the greater chance cable news will let them spew it unchallenged.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 4, 2023

Outrage sells almost better than bleeding.

The degree to which the press is buying into, "Actually it's good for a candidate to be facing multiple trials" is... unsurprising.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 4, 2023

Yup.

Can the press normalize the idea that Trump could go to prison as effectively as they normalized that he was qualified to run for president?

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 4, 2023

These are the challenges that lie before us. And this one is just another swift metaphorical kick in the nuts for TFG:

“Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya addressed him as "Mr. Trump" — which "irked" him. He prefers "Mr. President."”—CNN

“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” —Louis Brandeis,

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) August 4, 2023

But before you go, since we are talking about press narratives:

Bad economic news? A1 for days.
Good economic news? A12.
I don't make the rules, folks. pic.twitter.com/DqLiJWMQWO

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 3, 2023

I just don't understand why so many people are so negative about the economy....