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Melania Concerned That Trump Will Be Unavailable to Attend Divorce Proceedings [1]
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Date: 2023-08-15
In her post-presidential life, Melania Trump has pursued what she could not get in the White House: a sense of privacy. She is emitting that Marion Davies vibe, as satirist Andy Borowitz writes in the NewYorker.
PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report /s)—Shortly after a Georgia grand jury indicted Donald J. Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, Melania Trump expressed concern that her husband’s mounting court dates could make him unavailable to attend “any divorce proceedings that might come up.” Stressing that she was speaking “totally hypothetically,” Mrs. Trump said that the former President’s blizzard of court appearances would present scheduling challenges “if someone wanted to divorce him.” “I know that stealing documents, falsifying business records, and subverting democracy are serious matters, but should prosecuting him mean—and, again, I’m just spitballing here—that someone should have to be married to him a day longer than she can stand?” she asked. “There’s a human cost to this.” www.newyorker.com/...
x When you turn on the TV and see a bunch of people talking, that isn't news.
News = facts.
You are being entertained not educated.
We are currently experiencing a disinformation disruption.
People are bombarded with opinions and speculation and sensational headlines.
1/ — Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 2, 2023 My opinion is that the biggest threat to democracy right now is how people get their information. And that people don't see the difference between speculation, opinions, and facts.
In a click-driven media environment, facts get lost.
Provably false statements get repeated.
2/ Adding:
All through 2021 and 2022, the pundits were saying "The DOJ is doing it WRONG. The DOJ should be doing it THIS WAY."
I remember because I argued with it.
Now it switched to "the DOJ did nothing for a year."
There is no concern about facts.
3/ On Mastodon, someone said, "Good luck getting the foot soldiers to admit in court that they were influenced by Trump."
Many did.
But instead of reporting facts like that, pundits went on TV and said, "Garland is doing it WRONG."
It isn't news. It's something else.
4/ Someone just told me that on MSNBC last night was talking about how Merrick Garland wasted time.
The NEWS is that there was an indictment. There is a lot in that to explain. I am getting really good questions on Mastodon.
But facts are boring. Who wants to listen to those?
5/ Here is how it SHOULD have been done.
Reporting in 2021 and 2022: The DOJ is going after the footsoldiers. Notice how many are admitting that they were fooled by Trump. This will make it easier later to get Trump.
Instead . . .
6/ . . . we had former prosecutors saying, "Garland is doing it wrong. I would have done it differently."
The fact to glean from this is: "This prosecutor would have done it differently."
Instead, people think that "Garland is doing it wrong" is a fact.
Nope. It's opinion.
7/ It's the opinion of someone who wasn't given the job, probably would never be considered for the job, and is asked to go on TV and talk (because he or she presents well).
The person has nothing to talk about because the DOJ is keeping everything under wraps.
8/ So the person struts and says "Look at my brightly colored feathers. I am much smarter than Garland."
Because there is time to fill.
The problem (as stated by Timothy Snyder): When news becomes entertainment, what matters is who tells the best story.
9/ • • •
x Basically the nation owes an enormous debt to Elizabeth Luttig (who is also an attorney). — Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) August 2, 2023
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