Thread by @rodimusprime

There was an episode of this podcast #SistersInLaw (great show) where one of the hosts discussed the media coverage of a case her team was prosecuting. And there is a weird media fallacy at play where they pressure prosecution and then take credit for work that was done.

Media pundits by their nature tend to be a bit narcissistic and believe they are literally creating the news and applying pressure with their coverage. Meanwhile in the case she was discussing her team had already been doing work the entire time. They weren't concerned w/ media.

And as adversarial as the media was to them, the second her team started announcing their progress in the case.. the media took credit for "pressuring" the team to do their jobs.

It's such a ridiculous fallacy that requires no proof on the part of the media.

They never had proof that work wasn't being done. They never had proof their coverage cause work to be done. And yet there was never a second they didn't assume it was ALL about themselves (the pundits) exerting their will on the justice system.

If you have no role in the prosecution and they aren't constantly placating the media of course it FEELS like you changed the story. But the truth is pundits have been filling TV shows with commentary for months with no actual insight into what's going on.

So they assume nothing is happening. Since they have no new sound bytes or content coming directly from prosecutors. Then when they finally have a tidbit it's "HORRAY FOR US! WE MADE THIS HAPPEN! AND US ALONE!"

That seems to be what's happening with the DOJ and Trump today.

Sisters In Law is a great podcast for those looking for people with actual experience on that side of the game. They give perspective that is missing from TV talking heads.

The amount of work that goes into an investigation this massive isn't going to be moved by a round table on MSNBC. The wheels have been in motion since day one. That's facts.

In short, I don't believe Garland's DOJ was sitting around like "We weren't going to do anything about January 6th until last month when CNN had a panel about us not doing anything."

I'm sorry. That's ridiculous.