Mastodawn

There's a common format for human interest news stories now, and they could all have the same headline:

"Can this person, who voted for TFG and got screwed, at least admit that supporting him was a mistake?"

The answer is always "Ha ha no of course not."

What is the point, what is the purpose of these stories? What is illuminated, who learns anything from this?

A fellow could almost get the idea that the point is to squash hope, and to demotivate any sort of action.

One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

The Washington Post