As my colleague Peter Hamby has wisely noted, the clock of political coverage in Washington seems to reset every Monday morning, with a new narrative quickly taking shape as if the past week—or century—hadn’t happened. It’s part of the problem with how this town is covered, with so much of political media driven by a play-by-play mentality. Detractors call it “horse-race coverage,” but, in my humble opinion, it is not about horses or racing them. It is, rather, part of this town’s obsession with sports, especially baseball.
Unofficial Washington: The Media, Trump & The Macker
Julia Ioffe
October 11, 2021
