Journalism Lesson for Ron Elving at NPR’s Weekend Edition: You Don’t Know What Republican Members of Congress “Think” About Aid to State and Local Governments

Im not sure why it is so hard for reporters to just tell us what politicians say and do, instead of telling us what they think and believe. This may be news for reporters, but politicians dont always believe the things they say. For example, almost 90 percent of the Republicans in Congress will not say that Joe Biden won the election (2 say Donald Trump won), however I am quite certain that the overwhelming majority of these politicians understand that Bidens 306 electoral votes give him the...