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Jay Rosen Aug 28, 2023

CNN headline today:

"McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain."

What the GROUNDS for impeachment might be is addressed in paragraph nine. CNN thus buries the lede of a more striking story: a vibes-based approach, where you establish first the feeling, "we wanna impeach," relegating the small matter of "impeachment for what?" to later stages.

That's news! Instead CNN frames for us another strategy story.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-strategy/index.html

#journalism #uspol #science

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@jayrosen_nyu I think for clarity’s sake, CNN should split into 2 channels: CNN for new about cable networks because God knows THAT’S compelling and a second channel for their political reporting: EPPN - Entertainment and Political Programming Network because if they are going to cover everything like sports or a movie review, they might as well come out and say so on the box.