On Wednesday afternoon, the Atlantic staff writer Rosie Gray tweeted, “only 9 hours or so till the next massive newsbreak<br />that will prevent us from having lives again.” Hallie Jackson, White House correspondent for NBC News, replied jokingly a minute later — “wuts a life” — to which Ms. Gray replied: “I remember vaguely there was a time when i had one.” By evening, Ms. Gray’s original message had been “liked” more than 850 times.<br />Her co-host, Steve Doocy, said: “The president, the White House, Congress needs to do something about it.”<br />Apropos for a president enraptured by reality television, the White House drama has begun to resemble a kind<br />of O. J. Simpson trial for politics, gripping the nation and minting a menagerie of unlikely celebrities.<br />“The breathless pace of events reminds me of O. J.<br />and Monica days,” said Jeffrey Toobin, who covered the O. J. Simpson murder trial and the scandal involving Ms. Lewinsky for The New Yorker.<br />The swirling story around President Trump’s dealings with Russia is being compared in journalism circles to past blockbusters like Watergate<br />and the Monica Lewinsky scandal — with a 21st-century twist.<br />But there is this uncertainty about what is happening minute to minute, day to day.”<br />“There is this sense that every day is going to bring something startling, if not calamitous,” he added.<br />Many right-leaning news sites are covering every twist of the White House developments and resisting the notion<br />that the administration is embroiled in a major scandal.
