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"ABC claims this was just a routine meeting about transition coverage."

I'm no expert on how the journalism sausage gets made, but ¿is it typical for news organizations to meet with the president-elect to discuss transition coverage? That seems like the sort of thing that shouldn't be associated with the word "routine."

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Good point. I've never heard of this before. In general, who's meeting with public officials to discuss their coverage of those officials?

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I’m not sure whether it’s routine—I think it might be—but I actually don’t care. This presidency is not normal. Nothing surrounding it has to be.

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That was the mouse that roared.

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A real Mickey Mouse move. (Let me make clear, I'm referring to Steamboat Willie, which is no longer under copyright, not the Mouse that Disney might sue my ass off just for mentioning.)

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The mouse that ran into a hole in the baseboard behind the refrigerator.

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I, for one, would have enjoyed a public trial where Tubby's lawyers try to explain the fine distinction between rape and sexual assault.

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It escaped my notice until today that this lawsuit would have required Trump to sit for a deposition. With lawyers. Asking questions and expecting answers. Under oath. And they not only let him off the hook, but gave him $16 million. If this keeps up he might actually be a billionaire someday.

With apologies for the self-promotion, I drafted Stephanopoulos’s apology for him:

https://open.substack.com/pub/forgetisaidanything/p/ive-written-the-apology-for-george

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Well, I'm sure once we've given the dictator the Sudetenland, he won't be making any more unreasonable demands and we can all rest assured we have achieved Peace In Our Time.

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ABC execs joining the hosts of "Morning Joe" and The Young Turks in their pro-Trump pivot. The bid for relevance in an increasingly fragmented media landscape is as transparent as it is disappointing.

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The hosts of Morning Joe were always awful people, always finding novel ways to be even more awful. It's really their only talent.

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I wonder if Stephen Colbert will ever raise this issue with Stephanopoulos again.

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Take a guess of how much a guy like Stephanopulos has in the bank. Enough to preserve his dignity and say, "Fuck this, I'm outta here"?

But I suppose he'll stay, either can't say no to the money or can't live without the attention.

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Hello. Are you staying? Give us a heads up if you do leave. Thanks.

And if not, thanks for the fish.

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Gotta lock in their number one star player for 2025!

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For anyone not following journalist Carole Cadwalladr, now is the time

https://substack.com/@carolecadwalla/note/c-77579596?r=2bocz

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