We love working with him,

What made the voice of the people somehow less important than the paid professional journalist?

That's why, when most people are slowing down, at a certain age, he's coming on strong.

He's the trumpet player's trumpet player,

Now that the actual number appears to be lower, that doesn't make this any less of a tragedy or any less of a horrendous failing of our government. Now it's a tragic revision. So it's not as bad as we thought, so it's OK? Of course it's not.

The audience isn't an idiot. The audience can figure out that the mayor didn't have an actual count. They reported what officials said, with no basis in fact to question that in any way. Are they not supposed to report it?