Politico was ridiculed Wednesday over a story about
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau's "Significant" beard and how it symbolized his transformation into a weathered politician.
"At the very beginning of this interminable year, Justin Trudeau grew a beard," Politico tweeted. "The beard was Significant, a symbol of a once-youthful prime minister who was now older and wiser and battle-scarred."
The beard
served as a framing device for author Maura Forrest's dive into the progressive politician's troubled year, which was dominated by his COVID-19 response, an
ethics controversy, and unrealized liberal agenda items.
Politico was ridiculed Wednesday over a story about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "Significant" beard and how it symbolized his transformation into a weathered politician.
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Politico should be mocked more often. They are absolutely useless.
Now I've had a chance to see the Fox link and I see I didn't miss much. First it calls its subject a "story", then immediately pivots to "a tweet". That's confusing enough about what their thrust is but scrolling down the page all I see is a "report" that said "mocking" is going on ......... in the Twatterverse.
Really, mocking is going on in the Twatterverse. No shit. What a revelation.
That's it, a "report" that Twatters are trolling. There doesn't seem to be any original content other than "here's what twitter-twits twatted". The page admits up front that the Politico page (the actual one, not the tweet), "
served as a framing device for author Maura Forrest's dive into the progressive politician's troubled year" --- which is a perfectly valid way to set up a year-end review.
Then I Googled for anybody else reporting "mocking Politico Trudeau". All I got was the same Fox Noise page. And I never did hear any theory as to why the Fox Noise page is whining about what a Canadian podcast is using for a framing device and contributing nothing other than revealing to the world that there are trolling twits on Twatter.
My original interrogative first impression stands: "So what?"
I did not read the Politico page enough to "defend" it. While I have some knowledge of Canadian public affairs from CBC I don't consider myself as having the expertise to judge it. But as a framing device I'm at a loss to see how it's any different from any other year-end review of current affairs.
Your post would have merit if these people that were doing the "mocking" did not work in the media. However, they do work in the media and your post has no merit.
It's not journalism. It's shit.
It's not supposed to have "merit". It's a
query as to what the point is.
What Fox Noise did --- "reporting" that Twitterers are twitting --- certainly isn't journalism. That's not a story. And no one has ever claimed that a year-in-review analysis is "journalism". That's not a story either. So I'm afraid your line "it's not journalism" is a straw man.
A quick look at the current Politico front page features a lead story called "Biden allies push back on sweeping plan to promote fair housing". That's journalism. Down the page there's a piece called "I'm the Reason Elvis Met Nixon". That's not.
A subjective review of Justin Trudeau's year using his beard as a starting point/metaphor isn't either. Nobody said it is.
From the
home page of the Corridors program:
>> I’m Maura Forrest, and along with our POLITICO Canada team, I’ll be walking the corridors of power to bring you the latest insights and analysis from inside Ottawa politics. By signing up for POLITICO Canada's Corridors you’ll be joining a community of politicos – from lawmakers and leaders to pollsters, staffers, strategists, and lobbyists – who are shaping the future of Canada. Each week we’ll shed light on what’s driving the agenda on Parliament Hill—and on the players shaping politics and policy. << (emphasis added)
Looking over the archived programs on that page it appears analysis of Canadian affairs is ALL they do. I just don't see the point in Fox Noise (and apparently
only Fox Noise) pissing bandwidth away on snickering about tweets about a podcast that publishes every week -- in Canada. I don't see how that qualifies as a "story". If Fox actually runs out to put a page out every time some Twatter posts a snark, things must be very busy there indeed.
Oh and by the way I work in the media too soooooo................