Most "reporting" out of the White House is superficial, gossipy stuff that makes for a good soap opera—hence readable and clickable—but is of little other relevance. It gets fetishized as if it were substantive reporting plus it distorts everything journalism is supposed to be.
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This gossipy "reporting" is a continuation how mass media failed before the election. We'd be better without day-by-day "reporting" from the White House. That effort could/should go to actual journalism. Short update on who resigned/replaced once a week is plenty. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Right. The palace intrigue stories are not only useless and boring, they're actually damaging because 1) they're a distraction from real issues that impact our lives and 2) they happen through trading the currency of access.
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The reporters are using the gossipy WH mouthpieces for clicky exclusives and the sources are using journos to spin, to reach the President (unreal but true!) and to sabotage each other. Meanwhile has anyone done a story on which worker safety regulations Trump has cut? Anyone?
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Right on! Sick of hearing about the tantrums and narcissistic episodes and newsy people tiptoeing around egg shells while the U.S. is being dismantled from inside and outside. Enough B.S.
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And ratings! Of course, the ratings. In depth, journalistic endeavors do not titillate, hence the gossip. We say we want better, but we really betray our secret pleasure when we accept the daily, drip, drip, drip of revelations that signify nothing.
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