Press laser-focused on Comey fallout, but the country not as engaged
Press laser-focused on Comey fallout, but the country not as engaged
By Howard Kurtz - Fox News Published May 16, 2017
After days of what the president’s counselor called the “myopically obsessive” coverage of the James Comey firing, Conway said other important stories—like the administration getting China to accept U.S. beef imports—were largely being ignored.
I often agree that journalists want to create "moments" and that issue stories get short shrift from the media. But in this particular case, Trump bears some responsibility for causing the distractions—not just by canning Comey, but by floating the idea of canceling the press briefings and the notion that he might have secret tapes.
Now that the Comey drama has seemingly peaked, much of the media have moved on to the fallout. That is, they are portraying the Comey firing as such an earthquake that we’re still feeling the aftershocks.
READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/16...
By Howard Kurtz - Fox News Published May 16, 2017
After days of what the president’s counselor called the “myopically obsessive” coverage of the James Comey firing, Conway said other important stories—like the administration getting China to accept U.S. beef imports—were largely being ignored.
I often agree that journalists want to create "moments" and that issue stories get short shrift from the media. But in this particular case, Trump bears some responsibility for causing the distractions—not just by canning Comey, but by floating the idea of canceling the press briefings and the notion that he might have secret tapes.
Now that the Comey drama has seemingly peaked, much of the media have moved on to the fallout. That is, they are portraying the Comey firing as such an earthquake that we’re still feeling the aftershocks.
READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/16...
