Despite the fact that he is now facing four criminal indictments, former President Donald Trump remains the clear frontrunner in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. Mid-August polls show Trump ahead of the primary's second-place candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by 39 percent (Quinnipiac Universi...
    • robolemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Modern, capitalist, purely profit-driven news is all about cheap and lazy reportage. That’s why you get “name check” bullshit like this instead of actual journalism.

      It’s also why there are very few news photographers now… “just snap some pics with your phone.”

      Not that I’m bitter or anything

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Years ago now, i was working contract security in downtown Minneapolis.

        There was a nightclub adjacent to the property that had been notorious for causing gang related fights (as well as pulling shit like booking ‘up and coming’ rappers on the same night as their ‘rivals’ to stir up drama.)

        Fights spilled over into our property every weekend. Shootings once a month. Nobody cared except the people who had to clean up the bodies. No press coverage, not even a blurb.

        Until one night a a Vikings player got shot. He was a 3rd string rookie… but it was a slow news cycle so it got press.

        Within 24 hours they had the nightclub closed down “temporarily” during the investigation. Within the week they pulled the liquor license, effectively closing the joint. A few days later they did the same for every property ran by the owners.

        Was talking when it was happening and everyone just kinda thought it was a one off. Like… nope…

      • shiftenter@lemmy.world
        10·
        1 year ago

        Some of them, sure. But she continues to be an outspoken critic of Donald. So much so that she calls him “the world’s most dangerous man”. I think we can give her a pass.