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Lil thread. So I have a friend who used to play bass with Elvis Presley. The high-on-drugs-insane Elvis years at the end of his life. And one night at a show, Elvis was wasted and he pulled out a giant water blaster gun on stage, and 1/
pointed it at my friend, who was playing an electric bass that was PLUGGED IN, and Elvis shot a stream of water at my friend, nearly electrocuting him. And my friend got out of there and quit Elvis' band. My friend would say "It wasn't worth dyin' for Elvis" 2/
And that's kind of how I feel about what it can be like for reporters right now. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/business/media/media-murder-capitol-building.html?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=2065884a75-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-2065884a75-396234321
A Politico reporter in the Capitol says: "We were ushered to a safe room. I got to the door and I was stopped by an officer. “No reporters allowed in.” Abigail Spanberger was next to me. She said, “What do you mean? They’re being evacuated with us.” But they wouldn’t let us in...
...That’s when a member stepped forward and said he’d take six of us to his office. He had experience in the military and he was very calm."
