Via Mehdi Hassan:

If you want to understand the failure of U.S. journalism, especially the complete inadequacy of political interviews in this country, in a single short clip, here it is:

RADDATZ: What the heck did #Trump mean in saying his supporters won't have to vote again in four years?

CHRIS SUNUNU: Haha. I think that was a classic Trumpism, if you will.

RADDATZ: Ok. Let's turn to President Biden and Kamala Harris.

@GottaLaff
Well, it was a classic Trumpism. Mostly vague, lots of partial sentences, symbol-loaded words with some words hard to interpret.

But yes, Trump does not care about others, so maybe he focused on just the next four years, and just ignored whatever might come afterwards. He don't have a plan, he do things by impulse and instinct.

However, he must be held to the same standards as other candidates, and he must be called out - not given a free pass - when he says things like this.

@anchr @GottaLaff
Has he been given a free pass? It seems his comments are widely reported, widely discussed. Are the press in a position to pillory the comments if a wide constituency of citizens sees “no problem” with the status quo?
Too many of us seem to want some Sorkinian plotted take down of Trump by the virtuous third estate. The reality of Trump is that conservatives don’t hear him with their ears, the feel him in their hearts.

@lumpenpro @anchr @GottaLaff I think it's helpful to view it in the context of "obey in advance."

A lot of editors and pundits and producers have been beaten down by 8 years of Trump into just accepting that there's no provocation by him that could ever possibly matter.

This Raddatz clip is a perfect example of coverage where the press refuses to confront Trump.

@tob @lumpenpro @anchr @GottaLaff

Yeah, he might tweet something about Raddatz' face.

Better to keep quiet.