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Trump fires second inspector general in three days. SCOTUS throws out Wisc votes.

Reminder: US media has no experience in covering authoritarian regimes
if these authoritarian moves were happening overseas, US media would identify it *immediately*

but the Republican Party does it and US press pretends it can't figure out what's happening
btw, click here for more of my analysis re: Trump and the press in this time of crisis; pressrun.media
btw, I address the media and US authoritarianism in new column today; pressrun.media/p/if-trump-wer…
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Eric Boehlert
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my latest—he’s overexposed and won’t stop talking; pressrun.media/p/trump-commit…
“Often talking just to hear himself talk, Trump's appearances, where he aggressively says nothing of importance for hours on end, have morphed from must-see TV to has-been status.”
“Reporters look defeated and a bit embarrassed to have to take part in this sad, daily charade. Indeed, the briefings now carry with them a feeling of futility”
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awful framing on this article.

Wisc has become hotbed of radical GOP—massive gerrymandering, draconian voter suppression laws, forcing voters to stand in line during pandemic

NYT frames piece as “both parties” pushing partisanship
refusing to call today’s GOP radical remains the touchstone of the political press
NYT premise: gosh how did things get so nasty in Wisc?
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this is admirable reporting but the press still won’t grapple w/ the truly frightening question of why—why did Trump basically order govt to stand down for virus invasion?? nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/…
the press needs to go there—now.

me this week: pressrun.media/p/we-still-don…
look at that NYT headline, Trump “could have seen” crisis coming. that’s the preferred media narrative—Trump just missed it bc he was distracted

sorry, doesn’t add up. nobody “misses” a looming pandemic weeks in the making
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