Originally published at: CNN feels Trump’s legal woes somehow burden Kamala Harris - Boing Boing
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Had the same reaction when I saw this headline. This subheading has almost zero relationship to the actual article outside of this one tortured logic sentence.
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The author, Stephen Collinson:
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Do they think that now he will get even more press coverage and think, gosh, any press is good press? That would seem to be some standard Trumpian non-logic action…
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It’s a misrepresentation of the indictment that just got handed down, that’s what the hell that is. Proper reporting would make it clear this isn’t an issue. This is not a new indictment. Well…I suppose in one technical sense it is, but what this really is is a renewed indictment in light of the partial immunity ruling SCOTUS handed down, that rendered some of the charges in the earlier indictment moot. It’s technically new because they convened a new grand jury, but in reality, this is just a replacement of the earlier indictment. It supersedes that one, it doesn’t add to it.
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All true, but maybe CNN is just expressing concern that the average swing voter may not see it that way because they get their news from sources like CNN that rarely provide such context. 
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This is SOP for the corporate media. Find ways to polish the turd that is Tromp, ignore ways that the other side is obviously better, and watch the sweet, sweet clicks keep rolling in.
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CNN seems to be going hard down the path of “Some people just love a criminal!”
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Unless he’s already in prison for life + 20, with no possibility of parole, another indictment is not, and never will be overkill.
FFS, CNN. You used to be a news network.
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It’s pretty well known by this point that CNN is transitioning to yet another right-wing propaganda channel after being purchased by the Warner-Discovery conglomerate. However, since viewership and stock prices have been plummeting lately, it’s surely just a matter of time before CNN gets dropped like a sack of wet garbage. Maybe they’ll sell it again at discount, who knows?
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I’m so old, I remember when CNN was actual unbiased news.
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yet another indictment of the former president as overkill
Seems like the implication here, for this to be Harris’ problem, is that the Biden/Harris administration is responsible for those indictments. Or at least it’s implying there’s a perception that’s the case, but since CNN is the one implying it, they’re the ones creating the perception…
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Something just occurred to me. Maybe, just maybe, the reason CNN and the like is doing this is the knowledge that, if the big Cheeto wins, he will hold the reporting against them. On the other hand, they are probably figuring that if Harris wins, all will be forgiven.
On the other hand, they may all be a**holes.
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Even then, a new indictment for another instance where he has broken the law is not in vain. Because it is not only about the time he serves, it is also relevant he is convicted of the crimes he committed. That is a part of justice, we can’t just let that go because he’s already behind bars and won’t live to serve that sentence.
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At least some people on the Warner Bros board (CNN’s bosses) are just assholes.
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I doubt it. Whether Harris wins or Trump wins, it will not be this quarter, and so CEOs like Mark Thompson and David Zaslav have no reason to care.
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If Trump loses, all the journalists are going to be mournfully hurling themselves out high windows, having lost all purpose in life. Whereas if he wins they’ll be pushed out those same windows by Trump’s cult.
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When she’s on CNN in a couple of days, I think I’d start my answer to every question along the lines of, “Well, since I’m going to be reported as sounding somewhat aggrieved or b*tchy no matter what I say, let me point out that this is yet another question you never asked the other guy, or you didn’t press further for a real response after his unhinged rant that didn’t actually answer the question.”
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I feel we’re well on the path to:
“Trump shoots and kills interviewer on live television. Here’s why that presents a challenge to Harris.”
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