People are asking me what I thought of this. I read it as a confession: We're out of ideas. "Both sides" and "so divided" is all we got. https://t.co/u6gvIB0ZdE
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 8, 2019
Sigh.
Again: the faux-naive stance of the paper’s national-politics framing is at odds w (a) the reality of this moment and (b) the sophistication of their coverage of nearly everything else.
No story about biz, arts, science, climate, books etc would be framed this way.
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 8, 2019
Jesus H. Christ on deadline, the lede may be the worst thing I ever read. The WH is engaged in obstruction of a) justice and b) Congress, and it’s being defended in the latter by a collection of bums, yahoos, and tobacco auctioneers. But the D’s are abandoning “lofty traditions."
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 9, 2019
Which is why the watchword(s) of every Liberal must be…#BothSidesDont pic.twitter.com/nul6kBkyky
— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) December 8, 2019
Good day to repeat my current rule of press criticism: News stories currently framed as "we're so divided," and "can't agree on a common set of facts" should instead be cast as "how did the Republican party arrive at this place?"
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 8, 2019