The Press's Strange Memory-Holing of Trump's First Impeachment
The Press’s Strange Memory-Holing of Trump’s First Impeachment His second impeachment trial is being presented as a cut-and-dried case, in contrast to its predecessor. But the first impeachment was cut-and-dried, too. Mark Wilson/Getty Images No piece of Covid-era filmmaking has been praised quite as much as the 13-minute montage that opened the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. CNN’s Chris Cillizza argued that it was “unfathomable that any senator—Republican or Democrat—could watch that 13-minute video and not be changed by it.” The Washington Post’s Margaret Sulliva...
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