A Thought For The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Which is just the only Ohio newspaper that I can think of. Jennifer Rubin in WaPo has a series of recommendations for news media and how they cover politics accurately, and I must admit her mention of Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) fascinated me:

Sixth, it is incumbent on the media to describe the demeanor of Republicans more vividly. Anyone who does not watch congressional hearings would not know that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) screams virtually nonstop and speaks at a frenetic pace. It is critical to provide an exacting description of Jordan. Put differently, reporters should stop making MAGA leaders more reasonable than they are.

I think the Plain-Dealer should put a guy with a web cam at a hearing which includes Jordan and record him. If he’s really the nutter Rubin suggests, don’t report it – show it. Feed it directly to the Plain-Dealer website. Let the readers watch him being a flying nutcase.

It won’t get him kicked out of his seat in 2022, but it might persuade a few more voters to stop giving him a free ride. And any complaints he registers on the matter will come off as whining, which is never appealing, except to other whiners.

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