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The GOP Threat to Democracy “Trump Caused the Assault on the Capitol. He Must Be Removed,” declared the Washington Post editorial board (1/6/21) immediately after the January 6 insurrection. “Responsibility for this act of sedition lies squarely with the president, who has shown that his continued tenure in office poses a grave threat to US […]
A critical flaw with corporate media’s coverage of Donald Trump’s impeachment was how it obscured the extent of the Trump administration’s litany of impeachable offenses.
We’ll talk about the dangers of the weaponization of space, combined with a press corps that can’t get past giggling about it.
Throughout the impeachment process, the New York Times has underplayed the danger to democracy, both of Trump’s obstruction of the process and the brazen resolve by Republicans to absolve him no matter what.
The New York Times’ voluminous coverage of the impeachment hearings detailed many of the pieces that make up the overall strategy, but the vast majority of it boiled down to the predictable formula of covering the whole process like a partisan horserace
“If this flies, not only do we no longer have a rule of law in this country, but we are well on our way to a slide into authoritarianism.”
“If the executive branch, the president, has the right to determine whether or not any witnesses can be called, or any documents produced, then that strikes at the very heart of separation of powers.”
Corporate media have failed big time, presenting a critical story about asymmetrical power as a kinda boring, “both sides,” depends-who-you-believe Beltway story. And then claiming it’s the public that’s not interested.
Rather than explore the full extent of the Trumpist lurch towards authoritarianism, much of which is palpable and documentable but not necessarily “provable” in the way the Ukrainian extortion scheme is, the New York Times has gone all in on the obsession with the smoking gun.
