I don’t recall the media covering the fake electors of the Jan 6 coup hardly at all. The media loved to cover the big violent crowd becaus it was flashy. However, the fake elector scheme was the more significant crisis in my mind. That showed a planned and coordinated effort by people in power to subvert democracy.
I think this is getting to the core of how Trump has been so successful. Every important story is drowned out by an endless flood of shit. Good journalism still exists, but it has gotten almost impossible to find as news channels rush to cover the latest distraction Trump is up to. The real stories drown in the bullshit.
Long story short I think it’s possible to pay attention and nevertheless miss out on important stories, due to the fundamental flaws of the information ecosystem. It’s really only necessary to write one story about something like this, but whatever Trump is up to gets a new story every hour.
I don’t recall the media covering the fake electors of the Jan 6 coup hardly at all. The media loved to cover the big violent crowd becaus it was flashy. However, the fake elector scheme was the more significant crisis in my mind. That showed a planned and coordinated effort by people in power to subvert democracy.
You probably don’t recall because you aren’t paying attention.
It was indeed covered:
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079835695/how-trump-sought-to-use-fake-electors-conspiracy-theories-to-remain-in-power
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/06/1217680464/nevada-false-electors-charged
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/28/politics/recordings-trump-team-fake-elector-ballots
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/fake-electors-explainer
https://abcnews.go.com/US/boss-leave-proffer-videos-show-trump-lawyers-telling/story?id=104831939
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/rudy-giuliani-mark-meadows-and-trumps-other-partners-in-alleged-crime
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fake-electors-wisconsin-acknowledge-bidbidenen-won-election-rcna128390
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/politics/chesebro-troupis-jan-6-messages.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/fake-electors-explained-trump-jan-6.html
https://whyy.org/articles/fake-electors-trump-overthrow-election-2020/
I think this is getting to the core of how Trump has been so successful. Every important story is drowned out by an endless flood of shit. Good journalism still exists, but it has gotten almost impossible to find as news channels rush to cover the latest distraction Trump is up to. The real stories drown in the bullshit.
Long story short I think it’s possible to pay attention and nevertheless miss out on important stories, due to the fundamental flaws of the information ecosystem. It’s really only necessary to write one story about something like this, but whatever Trump is up to gets a new story every hour.
Precisely.