Socio-Political Journal
The coronavirus epidemic is shaking humanity and turning the world upside down. Quick, somebody alert the media.
"The Washington press corps is covering one of the largest, continuing stories in recent history the same way it has covered the Trump administration since Day One.
"The formula is simple: Whatever the president does is not just wrong, it’s borderline evil. Details at 11.
"In the real world, events are unfolding at a pace and scale impossible to comprehend. But at too many news outlets, the aim is not to inform. It’s to render the harshest possible judgment on the man journalists love to hate.
"Already The New York Times has twice called the White House response “calamitous,” including once in a supposedly straight-news article.
"This is beyond shameful. When antagonists like Sen. Chuck Schumer finally are working with Trump and when the Democratic governors of New York and California swap praise with the president over their partnerships, the media ought to take a hint that this time is different and there is no place for biased journalism-as-usual.
"Instead, after failing to bring down Trump with Russia, Russia, Russia and impeachment, they’re now putting their chips on the narrative that he’s bungling the public health crisis.
"To get there, they’ve had to reverse themselves on a key allegation. For three years the same media told us Trump was a fascist and a budding Hitler, but now his refusal to rule with an iron fist is also cause for condemnation." . . .
"The Washington press corps is covering one of the largest, continuing stories in recent history the same way it has covered the Trump administration since Day One.
"The formula is simple: Whatever the president does is not just wrong, it’s borderline evil. Details at 11.
"In the real world, events are unfolding at a pace and scale impossible to comprehend. But at too many news outlets, the aim is not to inform. It’s to render the harshest possible judgment on the man journalists love to hate.
"Already The New York Times has twice called the White House response “calamitous,” including once in a supposedly straight-news article.
"This is beyond shameful. When antagonists like Sen. Chuck Schumer finally are working with Trump and when the Democratic governors of New York and California swap praise with the president over their partnerships, the media ought to take a hint that this time is different and there is no place for biased journalism-as-usual.
"Instead, after failing to bring down Trump with Russia, Russia, Russia and impeachment, they’re now putting their chips on the narrative that he’s bungling the public health crisis.
"To get there, they’ve had to reverse themselves on a key allegation. For three years the same media told us Trump was a fascist and a budding Hitler, but now his refusal to rule with an iron fist is also cause for condemnation." . . .
Suddenly, the man whose “Authoritarian style is remaking America” (Washington Post), and whose “Authoritarian Ambitions” were exposed by impeachment (New York magazine), foolishly refuses to use the powers of the Oval Office. As usual, other countries are doing it right and America is wrong." . . .
