The Associated Press -- like essentially every other major journalism outlet -- has totally normalized extremism.

Calling the new house speaker a "staunch conservative" -- a pathetically weak euphemism for far-right extremist -- is only the latest example of Big Journalism's collapse into willful helplessness.

It's journalistic cowardice in the face of a movement that aims to bring down democracy, and by extension journalism.

@dangillmor how about, "Mike Johnson, who supported an attempted coup to overturn the 2020 Presidential election,"

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@lauerhahn @dangillmor A coup... what did he do along those lines?

Assuming we all agree there's a distinction between "filing lawsuits about what you think are procedural violations" (like what Gore did in 2000) and "attempting a coup" (like what Ferdinand Marcos did in 1972)....

Did Johnson support more the former, or more the latter? (If it's the latter, sorry I missed it in what I've read, I'd love a pointer.)

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