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Where in the news system can I go to find out today how much closer we moved yesterday to meeting conditions for quarantine to sensibly end? Or did we lose ground? That would be news I could use. Instead I have 13 accounts of some wild-ass thing he said. presswatchers.org/2020/04/trumps…
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From my post describing how a hypothetical newsroom can switch to an "emergency" footing in its coverage of the current president. pressthink.org/2020/03/today-…
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Anyone who says he now soberly accepts the realiity of the pandemic. No. He switched claims. From we're doing a fantastic job, the virus is like 15 people to we're doing a fantastic job, if we did nothing it would be millions dead.

Those calling him sober are the marks.
Just watch the word "sober" tonight. Online and on TV. It will be like an x-ray.
Don't give me sober.

Sober is: "I was pretty far gone."

Sober is: "I can't believe some of the stupid things I said."

Or: "Now I can see that. Then I could not."

Sober is, "I knew it was no good. I just didn't care."

"I'm sorry for the hurt I caused." That's sober.
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I have a proposal. The All Media Daily Briefing, independent from the one there has been such controversy about.

Here is a short sketch. THREAD

What: A daily briefing on where we are in fighting the Covid-19 virus

When: Every day for the forseeable future, 4 to 5 pm ET... 1/
Where: On the internet. Streaming video and audio always. Broadast whenever a particpating channel or station decides to pick it up. All guests appear remotely. All questions asked remotely. 2/
Why: Same reason there needs to be a daily briefing at the White House, but this one is independent from the White House. It provides a stream of factual and relevant information from experts who can speak with authority, and people on the front lines in a position to know. 3/
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It is believed by many people who follow me that tougher, more confrontational questions — and more determined follow-ups — are the answer to press briefings on the virus that allow Trump to elude accountability.

I disagree. It's is one of my least popular conclusions. THREAD 1/
In my view, the lens through which we should interpret the briefings is how to increase the supply and circulation of good information about the virus and what has to be done, and decrease the spread of misinformation, strategic distraction, magical thinking, etc. 2/
From this POV, a key point to begin at is that Trump at the podium and on TV is the single most potent force for misinforming Americans about the dangers of the virus and what needs to be done now. Yet he is also the star and central figure in the briefings. See the problem? 3/
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