The same jaded "savvy" media insiders who produced the 2016 normalization fiasco are still alive and well, and doing their damnedest to fuck us over again:
if voters don’t care about lawbreaking, it doesn’t matter! https://t.co/CUPSWx6tw7— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 26, 2020
Worth making a direct comparison:
-The New York Times front page ignores legal and ethical issues, and frames the RNC messages that the GOP is trying to convey.
-The Washington Post front page puts the legal issues, falsehoods, and anti-semitic speaker front and center. pic.twitter.com/yATXGRv0hg— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 26, 2020
And--with some notable exceptions, including this space--a DC Press frothing at the keyboard to make it all sound normal. https://t.co/aSK4Z7MZiX— Bryan Smith (@bryrsmith) August 26, 2020
The big story tonight from the convention was the in your face illegality. Pundits who talked about the optics of the convention, whether it went off well, and did not first and foremost talk about the unprecedented breach of law and decency committed journalistic malpractice.— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 26, 2020
I'm disgusted at how news coverage today is soft-pedaling @SecPompeo's RNC speech as "breaking a norm." It was, according to Pompeo's own State Department, *illegal*. It shouldn't just be an aside in the coverage roundups; Trump is weaponizing the US government for his campaign.— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 26, 2020
Do reporters know they are not obligated to find something to gush about in this mess?— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 26, 2020
And let’s keep our eyes on the ball:
Normalization of these Hatch Act violations is laying the groundwork for even more serious violations in the weeks ahead — as Barr’s Department of Justice and other agencies may be used to bolster Trump’s re-election campaign. https://t.co/aBUH86Cxrw— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 26, 2020
This. And it’s exacerbated by a media that paints things like the Hatch Act as quaint ideas that no one cares about, and uses euphemisms to describe the lawlessness. Another broken guardrail when it comes to the rule of law. https://t.co/V8S9pfyrWp— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) August 26, 2020
Fun fact: the Hatch Act was originally passed because the media persuaded people they should care about the misuse of public resources.— Eric Rauchway (@rauchway) August 26, 2020
