I'm old enough to remember the hubbub over JournoList, a listserv of leftist reporters from different news outlets who convened regularly in a chatroom to strategize how to spin stories and set narratives, such as how to torpedo Gov.Sarah Palin to get Barack Obama elected president.
JournoList was started by Ezra Klein, who now works for the New York Times, with his other JList pal, Matt Yglesias.
The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin, Paul Krugman of the New York Times, and "Staffers from Newsweek, POLITICO, Huffington Post, The New Republic, The Nation, and The New Yorker; policy wonks, academics and bloggers such as Klein and Matthew Yglesias" were all on the listserv, setting the narrative for the rest of the news media, academia, and think tanks.
You thought NPR was bad. In 2010, when JournoList was allegedly disbanded, PJ Media's Ed Driscoll summed up the purpose and power of the listserv by positing a question for Republicans: So who's going to be first GOP candidate who understands and articulates to his or her supporters what the new rules are: the media he or she will be doing interviews with on the campaign trail define themselves not as "Objective" journalists, but part of the opposition's "Non-official campaign?" You can't stop people from meeting together - that's un-American - but you can remind them that this is not journalism or a public service; it's a conspiracy.
Litman is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a cable news regular and a podcast host.
Then they repair to the "Brady Bunch" squares of experts or endless panels on cable TV news shows where different legal commentators say pretty much the same things.
Their amplified messages might be the reason why a Rasmussen Reports Poll on Wednesday found that 81% of strong Biden voters believe Donald Trump can get a fair trial in New York City.
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/04/24/journolist-lives-in-trump-case-n4928455
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