by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
With the full House of Representatives set to hold historic impeachment votes against a sitting president this week, many major US newspapers are rushing to have their say before the votes on the two articles of impeachment are taken.
Trump, realizing before he even took office that America's news sources were going to be problematic for him, decided the best approach was to neutralize them with loud, unsubstantiated claims that they were continually lying about him and that all of their news was "fake." For the most part that approach seemed to work, especially among Trump's less-educated base and the people who were used to being spoon-fed state propaganda by Fox News. Trump was a loudmouth and a bully who controlled the news through brazen intimidation and the strength of his own personality.
But with Congress finally standing up to Donald Trump, portions of the news media, and in particular major newspapers, are also beginning to fight back against his outlandish attempts to control and shape the news. And it seems to be the impeachment story that is finally beginning to take unfettered wing with America's newspapers.
Over the past couple of weeks more that a dozen major US newspapers have published editorials favoring the impeachment of Donald Trump. The current list includes: USA Today, Salt Lake Tribune, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Tampa Bay Times, New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
The Houston Chronicle is expected to take a position in the matter prior to the Wednesday vote in the House, and many suspect that the major newspaper in the red state of Texas will also join in the call for impeachment. Some are even arguing that The Arizona Republic may join in the effort - but this blogger will believe that when he sees it!
Two other major US dailies - The Chicago Tribute and The Detroit News - are calling for Congress to censure Trump rather than impeach him
Trump's strength apparently rests where it always has: the Rust Belt, the Deep South, and America's wide swath of rural areas.
So the whole impeachment process may be a hoax, a witch hunt, or whatever Trump's tiny racing brain thinks it is at the time he is tweeting, but there are editorial boards in some of America's more vibrant cities who think otherwise. And those of us who feel that Trump has grotesquely overstepped his authority as president may be comforted with the knowledge that we are not alone. A lot of very important newspapers share our views!
Citizen Journalist
With the full House of Representatives set to hold historic impeachment votes against a sitting president this week, many major US newspapers are rushing to have their say before the votes on the two articles of impeachment are taken.
Trump, realizing before he even took office that America's news sources were going to be problematic for him, decided the best approach was to neutralize them with loud, unsubstantiated claims that they were continually lying about him and that all of their news was "fake." For the most part that approach seemed to work, especially among Trump's less-educated base and the people who were used to being spoon-fed state propaganda by Fox News. Trump was a loudmouth and a bully who controlled the news through brazen intimidation and the strength of his own personality.
But with Congress finally standing up to Donald Trump, portions of the news media, and in particular major newspapers, are also beginning to fight back against his outlandish attempts to control and shape the news. And it seems to be the impeachment story that is finally beginning to take unfettered wing with America's newspapers.
Over the past couple of weeks more that a dozen major US newspapers have published editorials favoring the impeachment of Donald Trump. The current list includes: USA Today, Salt Lake Tribune, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Tampa Bay Times, New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
The Houston Chronicle is expected to take a position in the matter prior to the Wednesday vote in the House, and many suspect that the major newspaper in the red state of Texas will also join in the call for impeachment. Some are even arguing that The Arizona Republic may join in the effort - but this blogger will believe that when he sees it!
Two other major US dailies - The Chicago Tribute and The Detroit News - are calling for Congress to censure Trump rather than impeach him
Trump's strength apparently rests where it always has: the Rust Belt, the Deep South, and America's wide swath of rural areas.
So the whole impeachment process may be a hoax, a witch hunt, or whatever Trump's tiny racing brain thinks it is at the time he is tweeting, but there are editorial boards in some of America's more vibrant cities who think otherwise. And those of us who feel that Trump has grotesquely overstepped his authority as president may be comforted with the knowledge that we are not alone. A lot of very important newspapers share our views!
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