Jay Rosen on Nostr: CNN headline today: "McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP ...
CNN headline today:
"McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain."
This story introduces the problem of what the GROUNDS would be in paragraph nine and thus buries the lede of a more striking story: a "vibes-based" impeachment, where you establish first the intention to impeach, relegating the small matter of "impeachment for what?" to later stages.
That's news! Instead CNN frames up another strategy story.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-strategy/index.html
#journalism #uspol #science
"McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain."
This story introduces the problem of what the GROUNDS would be in paragraph nine and thus buries the lede of a more striking story: a "vibes-based" impeachment, where you establish first the intention to impeach, relegating the small matter of "impeachment for what?" to later stages.
That's news! Instead CNN frames up another strategy story.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-strategy/index.html
#journalism #uspol #science