Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Big Journalism has always treated the corruption that permeates Trump world as a not ...
Big Journalism has always treated the corruption that permeates Trump world as a not very interesting story.
Why? Because it has become routine, and one thing we know about journalism is that it normalizes everything Trump does if he does it repeatedly and brazenly. It's no longer "news" in the way they define the word.
That's why the craft barely noticed the bribes he's gotten from foreign interests and govts.
Trump world: all corruption, all the time. But not news. https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf
Why? Because it has become routine, and one thing we know about journalism is that it normalizes everything Trump does if he does it repeatedly and brazenly. It's no longer "news" in the way they define the word.
That's why the craft barely noticed the bribes he's gotten from foreign interests and govts.
Trump world: all corruption, all the time. But not news. https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf