1. Big Journalism is shocked, shocked to discover that the Murdoch family's Fox "News" is a completely partisan propaganda outlet, spewing lies and injecting poison into our civic bloodstream.
2. Big Journalism has known this for many years. The sudden surprise is a pretense that only highlights the way the craft has treated -- will continue to treat -- Fox as if it had a shred of legitimacy.
3. Big Journalism will be shocked, shocked the next time a court case reveals what was already known.
@tjmcintyre @cstross Primus; you don’t need to subpoena a cop to show up at traffic court, because attendance at traffic court means the cop gets to hang around indoors chatting with their cop buddies all morning & there is nothing a cop likes better. They’ll be there.
Secundus, unless you have actual solid cast-iron proof that you didn’t commit the offense, then the judge is going to listen to the cop. And if you have actual solid cast-iron proof, you don’t need HAL9000 whispering in your ear.
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