Clown car hearings exploit a weakness in mainstream journalism's source code, which gives no clear instructions for how to report truthfully on events that are themselves false, meaning they spring from a propagandistic intent and taking them seriously only furthers the scam.
And yet: They can't be ignored because they show what the Republican party does with its power.
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Well no, there's an obvious way to report truthfully on events that are themselves false: report truthfully what happened.
Ignoring the events isn't a political error, but it allows falsehoods to fly under the radar and unchallenged where they grow.
