Metaphoric chyrons 12, the Cohen testimony, flabbergasting

February 28th, 2019 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — we only got to see one in three of cohen’s days before congressional committees — but what a history-making day — part 1 of 2 ]

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Shocked barely causes a ripple these days. Earth-shattering, on the other hand, is about as strong a term as any I’ve chronicled here, as in a different register is flabbergasted.

As a source told Emily Jane Fox,

Some things that are earth-shattering are right in front of your nose, and the reason you don’t know that they’re earth-shattering is because they’re right in front of you

That was yesterday. Today, Michael Cohen testified for seven hours before the House Oversight Committee.

Meet the Press:

Chyrons:

Quotes:

Elijah Cummings:

16: I lived in the inner city of Baltimore, and when yoiu call somebody a ratthat’s one of the worst things you can call them, because when you go to prison, rat means a snitch ..

19: And hopefully, this part of your destiny will lead to a better Michael Cohen, a better Donald Trump, a better United States of America, and a better world, and I mean that from the depth of my heart. When we’re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019 what did we do to make sure to keep our democracy intact..

We have got to get back to normal ..

Kasey Hunt:

This was akso a very human day ..

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Chuck: You don’t say it, you say it ..

34 Ben Wittes: the direction without direction .. for Michael Cohen, when to lie ..

39 Cummings: we have strayed so far from normal ..

44/5 these were my exact words: I’ll nail you to the cross ..

55 [ Sam Nunberg re Matthew Calamari ] he was a security guard and was beating somebody up and Trump hired him, saw him at the US Open ..

Carol Leonnig: eccentricities of accounting ..

Ari Melber, the Beat:

Chyrons: