Warning: That week in February 2019 with the sealed documents still bothers me

I was watching a hearing about the 2019 Ukraine call where Trump mentioned getting dirt on Biden, and the whole thing felt strangely quiet for a few days. The news cycle paused, and I noticed no one talked about the specific witness testimony that got redacted. Has anyone else tracked how those sealed pages might have changed the narrative?

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amy_foster5614d ago

One of my buddies who works in news production told me they got a memo to just let the story sit" - wait, WHAT? That's the kind of detail that makes my skin crawl. My jaw literally dropped when I read that. If newsrooms were getting direct instructions to back off, that's not just a coincidence, that's coordinated. I've got my own folder of those redacted lines too, but hearing that just confirms something was deliberately buried.

burns.ruby14d ago

You remember when the whole Mueller thing was happening and everyone kept talking about "collusion" but nobody could agree on what it meant? That sealed stuff from February 2019, I swear it was the same vibe. One of my buddies who works in news production told me they got a memo to just let the story sit for a few days and not press too hard. Watching the hearings feels like watching a magic trick where you know the rabbit is somewhere but they keep waving the hat around. I've got a folder on my laptop with screenshots of all those redacted lines, trying to piece together what they might say based on context clues. It's weird how a few days of silence can change the whole tone of a conversation.