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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it would be 24/7 coverage for weeks.

Back then there was one issue and you could cover it for weeks. Or there wasn't anything serious so you cover tan suits. Now there are so many issues you could cover a new one every day.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is honestly what blows my mind. Sure, this should be first page matter under any other president. But so would so many other things that it doesn’t mean anything anymore

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bannon's "Flood the zone with shit" strategy is the one thing MAGA has managed to succeed at.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The press should shrink the articles accordingly to their number.

We would basically get a first page of large phrases.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago

That is intentional. Bannon called it “muzzle velocity”.