During the pandemic, I anxiously watched cable talk shows daily, hoping to see and hear the death knell of the Trump administration. While the flamboyant scandals erupted regularly, I mostly saw talking heads - heads in boxes, talking. Sadly, the empathic content and nature of the reporting was almost lost in the Zoom-space that was mandated by the Covid monster. I recalled the scandals of yesteryear when Watergate reporters like Dan Schorr and Dan Rather sat next to anchormen and breathlessly recounted the horrific events of abuse of power in the Nixon WH. Empathy is theater - and vice versa.
During the pandemic, I anxiously watched cable talk shows daily, hoping to see and hear the death knell of the Trump administration. While the flamboyant scandals erupted regularly, I mostly saw talking heads - heads in boxes, talking. Sadly, the empathic content and nature of the reporting was almost lost in the Zoom-space that was mandated by the Covid monster. I recalled the scandals of yesteryear when Watergate reporters like Dan Schorr and Dan Rather sat next to anchormen and breathlessly recounted the horrific events of abuse of power in the Nixon WH. Empathy is theater - and vice versa.