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That kind of sucks, and I'm surprised a prosecutor is willing to risk their career. However, this article has very strange wording in it, "Mr. Baldwin, [played

That kind of sucks, and I'm surprised a prosecutor is willing to risk their career. However, this article has very strange wording in it, "Mr. Baldwin, [played] former President Donald J. Trump on "Saturday Night Live"", but later, "Ms. Reeb, the special prosecutor, who is also a Republican"; is NYT trying to accuse the prosecutor of making this political?

boeingUH60 4y ago
Inserting Trump in an article generates outrage...outrage is good for publications. I've noticed a lot of publications doing this, as in inserting politics into articles where it doesn't matter. I don't know who to blame; Trump the attention-seeking clown or the media orgs that give him the constant attention, whether positive or negative.
- Mountain_Skies 4y ago
  That's increasingly happening with YouTube videos for pop science and listicles. The creators just have to find some way to twist in some politics, usually with a snide or smug delivery, even if they don't have even a tangential relationship to the video's advertised subject matter. Usually, it's not about Trump but about various political and ideological causes currently popular with twentysomethings. Often it feels like the video was finished and someone went "Oh crap, we forgot to stick in some politics" and went back to add it in.
- plusminusplus 4y ago
  We hear this platitude a lot. Specific to this article they're saying "the Republican special prosecutor has good reasons to do this (that aren't political)" to cut that argument off.
tolleydbg 4y ago
I think they actually might be trying to show that both Democrats and Republicans in New Mexico are in agreement on the issue, in an attempt to show that it is -not- political. I could be mistaken, but that's been my impression from other media in New Mexico. There has been an increase of self-defense related shootings in New Mexico, and although the state has usually acknowledged some form of castle doctrine in your own home that isn't typically tempered by any duty to retreat. Gun violence, and crime in general, is fairly high in New Mexico, and is likely responsible for the increase of self-defense cases, but nevertheless, that state has been filing charges, or at least mulling them over in traditional self-defense instances. Here's one from earlier this year: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/suspect-killed-in-double-home-invasion-in-ne-albuquerque/ https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/suspect-killed-in-double-home... I can't find the specific article I read back when this happened, but they all said something about the DA was debating on whether to file charges or not. It may seem like Alec Baldwin may be a victim of this crackdown, and perhaps he is being used politically as a show of force in their effort to curb gun crime, but I think as the producer of this film, he would've been charged before the crackdown, and likely would faces charges in most states.
mythhouse 4y ago
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- plusminusplus 4y ago
  They're saying the (Republican) special prosecutor's charges are not political, but instead legitimate and in line with Democrats'.
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        mythhouse 4y ago
        shut up dummy
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boeingUH60 4y ago

Inserting Trump in an article generates outrage...outrage is good for publications. I've noticed a lot of publications doing this, as in inserting politics into articles where it doesn't matter. I don't know who to blame; Trump the attention-seeking clown or the media orgs that give him the constant attention, whether positive or negative.

Mountain_Skies 4y ago
That's increasingly happening with YouTube videos for pop science and listicles. The creators just have to find some way to twist in some politics, usually with a snide or smug delivery, even if they don't have even a tangential relationship to the video's advertised subject matter. Usually, it's not about Trump but about various political and ideological causes currently popular with twentysomethings. Often it feels like the video was finished and someone went "Oh crap, we forgot to stick in some politics" and went back to add it in.
plusminusplus 4y ago
We hear this platitude a lot. Specific to this article they're saying "the Republican special prosecutor has good reasons to do this (that aren't political)" to cut that argument off.

tolleydbg 4y ago

I think they actually might be trying to show that both Democrats and Republicans in New Mexico are in agreement on the issue, in an attempt to show that it is -not- political. I could be mistaken, but that's been my impression from other media in New Mexico. There has been an increase of self-defense related shootings in New Mexico, and although the state has usually acknowledged some form of castle doctrine in your own home that isn't typically tempered by any duty to retreat. Gun violence, and crime in general, is fairly high in New Mexico, and is likely responsible for the increase of self-defense cases, but nevertheless, that state has been filing charges, or at least mulling them over in traditional self-defense instances. Here's one from earlier this year: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/suspect-killed-in-double-home-invasion-in-ne-albuquerque/ https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/suspect-killed-in-double-home... I can't find the specific article I read back when this happened, but they all said something about the DA was debating on whether to file charges or not. It may seem like Alec Baldwin may be a victim of this crackdown, and perhaps he is being used politically as a show of force in their effort to curb gun crime, but I think as the producer of this film, he would've been charged before the crackdown, and likely would faces charges in most states.

mythhouse 4y ago

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plusminusplus 4y ago
They're saying the (Republican) special prosecutor's charges are not political, but instead legitimate and in line with Democrats'.
- mythhouse 4y ago
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        mythhouse 4y ago
        shut up dummy
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