Posted on 04/05/2023 5:11:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — For the country and for Donald Trump, the indictment of a former president represented an unprecedented day. For TV news organizations, it felt like a throwback.
Hour after hour on Tuesday, the story occupied the full attention of broadcast and cable news networks. They waited for glimpses of Trump’s face to interpret his expression, followed his motorcade’s movements from the air, speculated on how it must feel to be arrested.
The coverage recalled better days for now-struggling cable news outlets, through two presidential campaigns and two impeachment trials, when Trump occupied hours of air time. Consumers eagerly followed along, the way they haven’t for many stories since.
For two days this week, Trump’s indictment on 34 counts of falsifying business records gave outlets the chance to go back in time.
“This is the most significant arraignment in the history of arraignments,” Danny Cevallos, a legal analyst for NBC News, said on that network’s special report.
“It’s hard to overdramatize what this means for Donald Trump,” said MSNBC’s Chris Jansing.
Oh, but many tried.
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Did you see the faked Trump dragged in by cops “photo”?
The late night standup jackasses tried to make a big deal about it. Dumbass Colbert even said something about President Trump having been sent to jail. The token’s fiasco yesterday went over like a turd in a bunch bowl. Delaying the trial until the beginning of the 2024 election makes the fat boy wonder look like he’s been played by the white boyz in the Dung Beetle Party.
Well we have jackasses, dumbass, a turd and dung. Lot of
options out there for people to decide which one to be in.
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