December 19, 2019 Washington Post

December 19, 2019 Washington Post

Historical newspaper

This is a historic edition of The Washington Post, especially given the importance and relative rarity of presidential impeachment. The conclusory headline, "Trump impeached," is underscored by relating this step to the next - the senate trial. It’s somewhat mixed rhetorically as in the grave expression of House Speaker Pelosi is juxtapozed by the fact that although Donald Trump is impeached, it is just a step in the process compared to a presidential removal.

This week’s reading made me consider the materiality of this newspaper. Print journalism/news used to have a lot of utility as being easily shared and transmitted compared to online news a couple decades ago but after 2008 its becoming clear that print media may become obsolete in the transition to free digital news. Although this newspaper has a physical quality and permanent quality it may not be as useful as its online counterpart which may be continually fact checked and updated, like being linked to continuing editions/articles which surely will update the state of the impeachment process.

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Mike Schmitt

January 26, 2020

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