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Why does no one ever ask for specifics? What is fair? What is transparent? Don't let them leave these answers vague where literally anything can strike them as unfair. Should every vote be counted? Does anyone remember when they simultaneously demanded the count be stopped in one place and continued in others? Force them to look ridiculous. Of course they will just wind up saying and doing whatever in the end, but put it next to a quote so their buffoonery is on full display. Jesus christ, where are the real journalists?
The con that Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump is running depends on never talking about specifics. That applies to everything, not just his Start the Steal conspiracy. Every politician besides himself is "corrupt" or "crooked". No specific details ever given. Even though Bernie Sanders correctly says Trump himself was the most corrupt president in American history. The election was "stolen". No specific details ever given that have not been completely debunked in courts.
Hence my cry for better journalists. They do nothing except hit record and ask the most insipid questions and let these morons prattle on and then play it for an audience and call it news. It's fucking useless. We might as well get all our news from fucking TikTok.
This leans right into Americans' short attention spans and inability to understand nuance or complicated subjects.
I mean large swaths of the country chirp "America is the best" or "America is #1" without ever even taking a second to ask what it is we're even "the best" at.