Rhetoric After the Donald Trump Assassination Attempt


Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the intersection of media, tech and culture. Inevitably, politics often seeps into that, as is the case this week. If you enjoy this newsletter, take out a paid subscription.

Want more politics? Check out my podcast House of Comments. It is also another great way to get the paid version of this newsletter. If you sign up via Patreon, you get this newsletter, my co-host Emma Burnell's newsletter and the extra episodes for £5 a month.

After a busy Saturday in central London with a friend and then a trip to the gym (I know, but there’s no point going to the gym unless you tell everyone,) I settled down for the evening to watch the New York Yankees game. As it finished, my TV flicked over to CNN and the news that Donald Trump had nearly been assassinated.

Others had seen the attack not on a replay, but live. In many ways, the incident summed up our entire political and media era - polarised and playing out on television and online. Trump made it a media moment too, having the instinct to pose for the bloodied image that has now been seen around the world.

Read the whole article with a paid subscription.

The Addition

Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.

Read more from The Addition

Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for having a Premium Subscription It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.] Premium Subscriber Stories Premier League Boxing Day Row Tuesday’s newsletter focused on the situation with Boxing Day football, or lack thereof, and the fault of the media companies. As...

A living room decorated with christmas lights and decorations

A quick update on The Addition. The extra stories at the top of the newsletter for Premium Subscribers have developed and will continue to do so, becoming more scoopy, gossipy and full of insider info. They will remain behind the paywall. There will be other Premium Subscriber-only stories, too. However, the main story in the newsletter will now be sent in full to all registered subscribers. It will go behind the paywall after a month. Freeriders will need to upgrade to have access to the...

Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for having a Premium Subscription. It means you get the full main story, subscriber-only stories AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.] “Streaming Wars” – my second book – is out now in the UK! It comes out in the US later this month. In it, I explore the seismic shifts behind the rise of...