You Can Barely Tell It's the Same Trial in Cable Impeachment Coverage

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Descriptions like “very powerful” and “really stellar” on MSNBC and CNN. And “asinine” and “irrational” on Fox News.

Cable news coverage of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump matched the political divide that played out between his supporters and critics on the Senate floor: The proceeding was either a substantive, often chilling deliberation on presidential malfeasance or a case of nothing-to-see-here.

On MSNBC, the star anchor Rachel Maddow described the security footage aired by Democratic House managers as “very powerful.” On CNN, the prime-time host Chris Cuomo warned that Mr. Trump’s violent supporters might be emboldened if he was acquitted. Both networks showed largely uninterrupted coverage of the trial and devoted hours of analysis to it at night.

On Fox News, Sean Hannity invited Donald Trump Jr. on his Tuesday prime-time program to rebut the arguments made by Democratic prosecutors. The son of the former president, a frequent guest on “Hannity,” called the House managers’ case “asinine,” adding that he “thought that these senators would maybe have something better to do.”

On Thursday afternoon, Newsmax cut away from the Senate floor for a discussion of the decision by Mark Cuban, the owner of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks, to stop playing the national anthem before the team’s home games. At the same time, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and major broadcast networks were sticking with the trial.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/business/media/cnn-fox-news-msnbc-impeachment-trial.html

[sfstaxprep]

1. No, It Makes Perfect Sense

Nothing's changed. Nothing will change.

[TwilightZone]

2. I briefly browsed a couple of Fox News articles about it.

They're in a fantasyland that no one else inhabits. The self-delusion is pretty remarkable.

The comments are even worse. If there's anyone left who doesn't think Trumpworld is a cult, check out the comment section on a Fox News story about Trump.

Actually, don't. It's not worth the aggravation.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. The propaganda machine will continue recruiting until we're North Korea or we break the machine.