In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

Last week, I revisited the term "modified limited hangout" and linked to this definition : Coined on the fly by Nixon lawyer John Ehrlichman in 1973, . . . modified limited hangout is the public admission of a wrong in an attempt to hide a more serious wrong, while the media and prosecutors are investigating related crimes. It's a defensive tool in trying to cover-up a conspiracy. The reviews of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book find its revelations generally unsatisfying. For instance, at Columbia Journalism Review , Now Original Sin , an eagerly awaited book from Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios, combs through post-election interviews to offer the most detailed accounting yet of what the book’s subtitle calls the “cover-up” of Biden’s decline—a “cover-up” of something that the American people knew all along. . . . There is considerable reporting in Original Sin , and a largely chronological narrative, but not much of a coherent stor...