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Where Things Stand: There’s No Other Shoe Left To Drop

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 25: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows talks to reporters as he walks outside the White House on October 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Meadows talked to reporters about the news that Vice ... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 25: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows talks to reporters as he walks outside the White House on October 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Meadows talked to reporters about the news that Vice President's office announced Saturday evening that Chief of Staff Marc Short was diagnosed with COVID-19. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) MORE LESS

December 14, 2021 6:54 p.m.

We keep running into a relatively new and unfamiliar dynamic where the tools of investigative journalism as they are usually deployed wind up obscuring the truth rather than illuminating it.

It’s playing out now in the coverage of the Jan. 6 attack, especially over the last few days. First with the controversial PowerPoint presentation that’s been circulating, and since last night with the Mark Meadows texts.

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