WashPost Journo Moves Goalpost on 1/6 Committee Prosecuting Trump

A appearance on the “always unhinged”. Deadline for White House hosted by MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Monday, Washington PostJackie Alemany was almost thrown out by the Democrat-led January 6- Committee when she tried to move the goalpost. Claiming the hearings and the point of the committee was never to prosecute a literal case against former President Donald Trump, but rather “to create a historic account” and “try this case in the court of public opinion.”

“At the end of the day, as we said a million times, The committee doesn’t have a prosecution mandate. This is an explanatory process for them to create a historic account,”Alemany stated that, while liberal media spokesman said the exact opposite.

She acknowledged “Yes, they obviously are laying out the evidence in a prosecutorial way” but admitted it was all about getting certain Democratic policy proposals enacted. “[T]heir objective at the end of the day is to garner – to try this case in the court of public opinion and garner enough of a groundswell in support of potential legislative remedies that they’re going to put forth,”Wallace was the first to hear her speak.

This all stemmed from a question Wallace asked that was designed to tee up Alemany to spin the committee’s terrible ratings and celebrate the lie.

“Do you have any sense that that The expectations of the committee were exceeded for these hearings?” Wallace wondered. “They have been trying not to view this through the lens of ratings,” Alemany began to answer before admitting: “Obviously, that’s a little bit hard to believe now that we know that they hired a former news executive and when you look at the actual size of the production staff.”

Adding: “We never got an explicit number laid out from them, but I get the feeling that the committee has been pleased so far with the way that this has penetrated and gotten through to the American people.”

The true victory, she said, would come down to a certain number of Trump supporters watching the hearings.

I mean, we – at the end of the day even if we’re not talking about this through the lens of it being a media reporter, a huge portion of the committee’s success is contingent on the fact that a sliver, a swath of the American public who believes that January 6 did not happen might tune in and that – that these lawmakers might be able to change their minds.

Alemany claimed that getting the ratings were only the top of the cake after Alemany moved the goalpost.. “Getting those ratings is definitely a plusRegardless of whether it is a concern for legislators, they do want to state that clearly. And it’s something that they have been concerned about from the very start,” she said.

She concluded her remarks by praising the ability of the committee to utilize the media to get its message across.

The panel includes a number of millennial legislators who recognize the complexity of media today and want to make it easier for others to share their sound bites on social media. And you know, for all of the – the blowback that they got for scheduling something in prime time, I actually think it really worked to their advantage.

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MSNBC’s Deadline for White House
June 13, 2022
Eastern, 4:33:32

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NICOLLEWALLACE: Jackie. Let me return to news — the numbers that I mentioned to Neal and questioned earlier. It was 19 million. Is it possible to see that this exceeded committee expectations?

JACKIE ALEMANY – They tried not to see this through the lenses of ratings. This is a difficult statement to make now that it’s known that the news executives were former journalists and the size of their production team. While we did not get an exact number, the committee seemed pleased at the impact this has had on the American public.

I mean, we – at the end of the day even if we’re not talking about this through the lens of it being a media reporter, a huge portion of the committee’s success is contingent on the fact that a sliver, a swath of the American public who believes that January 6 did not happen might tune in and that – that these lawmakers might be able to change their minds.

As we have said many times, at the end of it all, the committee has no prosecutorial mandate. They are using this explanatory procedure to establish a historical account. Yes, they obviously are laying out the evidence in a prosecutorial way, but really, their objective at the end of the day is to garner – to try this case in the court of public opinion and garner enough of a groundswell in support of potential legislative remedies that they’re going to put forth.

So, getting these ratings is definitely an advantage for lawmakers, whether they say it or not. This is something the lawmakers have always been worried about. These –There are a bunch of elderly millennial lawmakers on the panel who are well aware of the fragmented way the media works these days, they want to be able to break through and have these sticky sound bites for people to replay and share on social media. And you know, for all of the – the blowback that they got for scheduling something in prime time, I actually think it really worked to their advantage.

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