Everyone is suddenly reporting what I’d already tooted/was already announced the other day, that #Trump will speak from #Florida on Tuesday after arraignment.

Dear The News:

Do not carry one word of this live. If he makes real news, report it afterwards, show clips if you must, but don’t play into his tiny hands yet again.

Who am I kidding? Sigh.

#TrumpIndictment

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Via Sherrilyn Ifill:

How does he know it will be televised? Has a network agreed to carry it?

Peter Baker:

Trump announces that he will make a prime-time televised statement at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday after his arraignment.

@GottaLaff How do we know that it will actually be carried in Prime Time?

Long, exhausted sigh. Really, networks, you gonna go there? You are, aren't you. Too bad this isn't happening the day of the NCAA national championship when all eyes are elsewhere

@susankitchens They're complicit if they do.

@GottaLaff I fear that there’s no downside to them being seen/perceived as complicit.

The challenge for us is to make complicity consequences more costly than whatever sekrit complicit benefits they crave and earn.

@GottaLaff That’s a great cue for a delay at the court, so he doesn’t get home for prime time. Traffic snarl in NYC anyone? Where’s that guy from NJ when you need him?
@GottaLaff Trump's always looking for journalists to promote him and Peter Baker is standing there first in line. What a hack.
@GottaLaff You can always count on the NYTimes to never learn a damn thing.
@akaBeth10 Oh they know exactly what they're doing. They don't care.
@GottaLaff Yep. Exactly why I won't subscribe.
@GottaLaff Surprised he didn't announce it as a pay-per-view so that he can maximize his grift.🤢

@GottaLaff

Oh, how I wish they'd listen to you. He'll be flying high on all the attention he'll be getting. And it's not like he'll be saying anything true!

@GottaLaff MTG is on 60 Minutes.
Why?
(Another) Sigh.

@GottaLaff

From the 'Southern White House'.

@riggbeck I will never use that term, even in quotes.
@riggbeck @GottaLaff if it is the “Southern White House”, shouldn’t the feds issue a trespass notice and keep it open and available to the current president (after the orange menace has been cleared out)?
@GottaLaff Yeah. Unfortunately, the carnival is back in town, and the head clown is going to be in the center ring.
@GottaLaff Hoping for a gag order, but unsure how it would work. Can a gag order be instituted at the time of his arraignment?
Would love to see a contempt of court charge added to the rest.
@Barbramon1 I bet it can be ordered any time. It works by saying he can't talk about the case, and then if he does, fined or jailed. If he keeps doing it, jailed.
@GottaLaff Good. I know how the gag itself works. I am all for it. Just didn't know at what point in the proceedings it could be implemented. The sooner the better!
@Barbramon1 I'm just guessing. But it makes sense.

@GottaLaff

I'm not too concerned about the traditional broadcast networks interrupting regular programming for whatever he has to say; it's the cable newsers that would take the bait because they have to feed on eyeballs--not unlike Trump, when you think about it.

@timekiller_s And network news doesn't?? They're all for-profit, they all depend on eyeballs.
@GottaLaff
I see the concern. My prediction is that media will dutifully line up to be played by Trump.
@stargazersmith That's what I was saying. That's why I tooted that. They do it every damn time.

@GottaLaff

Exactly right!

Except they all will. 🙁

@drclareharris Exactly why I said Who am I kidding.
@GottaLaff How will he do that? Does he KNOW he'll get back to Florida the day he is arraigned?
@jann He won't be held in custody, so yeah

@GottaLaff

Yep ... and, regretfully, they'll keep televising his crap unless & until their ratings (and social media posts about it) cave dramatically.

I won't watch; you won't watch; but it's not enough if a smattering of people turn off & refuse to repost. It needs to be a landslide. So, it won't happen and they'll keep televising his shit. It's incredibly infuriating.

@VirginiaMurr Not only frustrating, but hugely bad for democracy

@GottaLaff Trump is like a gory car accident. Most can't help but stretch out their necks when they pass. News... at least mainstream media counts on that. It's 💲 💲 💲

We could affect him so much more by just ignoring him.

@the_Effekt Never ignore fascists. Don't air him live, def., but never ignore.

@GottaLaff I should have thought about the way I posted that better.

I didn't mean to imply to completely ignore him. Just give him no attention except the necessary news. But stopping the opinions and commentaries and news about his rallies would be helpful.

@the_Effekt Got it! I'm with you.
@GottaLaff
It’d be a hoot if the judge issues a gag order. Trump could just stare at the camera, grimace, and blink.
@Crowjane No, he'd still spew toxicities. He'd only be barred from talking about the case.
@GottaLaff
The “news “ media are just circus barkers! But it’s not wrong to wish otherwise.🥸🥸🥸🤪
@GottaLaff well, American Media still provides #PropagandaOfTheDeed and amplifies #MassShootings on purpose, rejecting any #responsibility, #accountability or #consequences of their own...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390
How the American Media Fuels A Cycle of Violence

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