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This was in 2022, some time after the newsworthy surge of adoptions following the pandemic lockdowns that began in March 2020 had waned.

ABC News later defended the interview, stating, “As always, we ask questions that are relevant and newsworthy.”

Newsmax countered that Trump’s claims were newsworthy and its reporting on them was protected by the 1st Amendment.

As such, a politician or other leader’s racial attitudes and beliefs are inherently an important matter of public concern and “newsworthy.”

But we shouldn’t pretend that the length of every standing ovation is newsworthy or treat it as any sort of meaningful metric on its own — especially since the time clocked sometimes varies by publication.