Aaron Rupar
"A major story that probably doesn’t get talked about enough is the reality that the president of the United States is, well, out of his mind."

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/mark-jacob-interview-trump-coverage
Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story

"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

Public Notice
Mar 24 at 5:40pmWeb
Show threadCraig Duncan17h ago

@aaron.rupar

This is too soft on journalists, even as we acknowledge some are fearful. The real point here is for journalists to "get" that reporting is about truth, transparency, regard for law. If they don't discover Trump's actual malignant psychology through their factual reporting they aren't doing their job. Turning up to work should involve bringing sanity to the public by critical reporting that exposes Trump as an aberration: that articulates his removal is both overdue (due to his war crimes, profiteering and dishonesty about history and elections) and the solution to the political crisis.

This has to be sustained, in the way war reporting assumes a sustained focus. Trump is at war with his country and the world. Journalists should be the first to act on that. The theme of US journalism should be that each and everyday Trump makes a choice to be unrestrained in a way that is unlawful. He has no permission to be who he is he and hold that office at the same time. He is doing unlawful things by being who he wants to be, and that needs to be put into words, as a basis for action.

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