MSNBC Producer Quits, Calls Network 'Cancer' That’s Dividing Americans

. . . I appreciate Lara Logan’s statement recently concerning the silent majority:”They are not the silent majority, they are the completely overlooked stomped upon disregarded, ignored, swept aside patronized majority. Everywhere I go in this country, Democrat and Republican, people tell me they just want to hear the truth. . . . rljohnson1 comment to this article.

Neon Nettle

Former employee accuses network of amplifying 'fringe voices'

"A former producer for MSNBC explained why she quit her role in a scathing letter, calling the left-leaning anti-Trump TV network a “cancer” that is “stoking national division” among Americans.
"Ariana Pekary accused MSNBC of amplifying “fringe voices” while forcing “journalists to make bad decisions on a daily basis.”
"Pekary wrote on her personal website:

" 'July 24th was my last day at MSNBC. I don’t know what I’m going to do next exactly but I simply couldn’t stay there anymore.""My colleagues are very smart people with good intentions. The problem is the job itself. It forces skilled journalists to make bad decisions on a daily basis."

"Pekary also shared quotes of what people said to her during her years while working for MSNBC before pondering the harmful effect the network is having on society." . . . 

Ariana Pekary.

"You may not watch MSNBC but just know that this problem still affects you, too. All the commercial networks function the same – and no doubt that content seeps into your social media feed, one way or the other.
" 'It’s possible that I’m more sensitive to the editorial process due to my background in public radio, where no decision I ever witnessed was predicated on how a topic or guest would “rate.” The longer I was at MSNBC, the more I saw such choices — it’s practically baked in to the editorial process – and those decisions affect news content every day. Likewise, it’s taboo to discuss how the ratings scheme distorts content, or it’s simply taken for granted, because everyone in the commercial broadcast news industry is doing the exact same thing.
"But behind closed doors, industry leaders will admit the damage that’s being done.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,” a successful and insightful TV veteran said to me. “But if you could find a cure, it would change the world.' ” . . .

Democratic Party Boosters Have Little to Offer

Albright’s persistence as a go-to media “expert” on international relations is befuddling given her own history as an integral part of the inept foreign policy promoted by the Clinton Administration. She and Bill Clinton became cheerleaders for an unnecessary Balkan war that still resonates and were responsible for what was possibly the greatest foreign policy blunder (with the possible exception of the Iraq War) since the Second World War. 

Philip M. Giraldi  . . . "Given that, you know you are in deep trouble as a nation when a major political party is so tone deaf as to persist in introducing spokesmen who suffer from serious negative perceptions to boost the chances of their current candidates for office. That is precisely what the Democratic Party has been doing when it keeps employing the Obamas and Clintons to promote the Democratic National Committee platform and its candidates for the November elections while also supporting the campaign of Honest Joe Biden.
"Reminding the national electorate of the legacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama guarantees that voters normally inclined to vote Republican or even independent will be energized and turn out in large numbers in spite of their disdain for Trump’s style. Hillary, after all, should still be in jail for her mishandling of classified information while Barack ought to be in prison for life for having given the orders to assassinate American citizens without due process while also using the intelligence and law enforcement agencies to undermine the Donald Trump campaign. Hillary and Barack were also complicit in unnecessary wars against Libya and Syria that have devastated both countries.
"Hillary is a co-founder of Onward Together, a Democratic Party front group that is affiliated to other activist organizations. In a recent e-mail she played the race card in a bid to solidify the black vote behind the Democratic Party, writing “Friend, George Floyd’s life mattered. Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor’s lives mattered. Black lives matter. Against a backdrop of a pandemic that has disproportionately ravaged communities of color, we are being painfully reminded right now that we are long overdue for honest reckoning and meaningful action to dismantle systemic racism.' ” . . .

Biden's search for Vice-President of color

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Harris talks ambition in women of color after personal attacks during Biden's VP 
search  "(CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris on Friday appeared to address the personal attacks on whether she would be a trustworthy partner to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
"The criticisms of the California senator's ambition have come in the closing weeks of Biden's vice president search -- and have provoked complaints of sexism and racial bias.
" 'There will be a resistance to your ambition, there will be people who say to you, 'you are out of your lane,'" Harris said during a livestream conversation for the Black Girls Lead 2020 conference. "They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don't you let that burden you.' " . . .

EXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass Denies Links To Nation Of Islam, Despite Photos And Event Appearances, But Doesn’t Disavow Radical Group  "Rep. Karen Bass, a top contender to become presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, appeared at Nation of Islam events, posed for a picture with a top Nation of Islam official, and attended a forum in 2013 hosted by the organization’s official mouthpiece.

"Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has referred to Jewish people as “satanic,” blamed them for the Holocaust and the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks, and once praised Adolf Hitler as a “very great man.” Farrakhan has also denounced interracial marriage, which he said has “mongrelized” the black race." . . .

Tony Branco

Susan Rice Emerges as Top VP Contender  . . . "Rice has some baggage sure to be pointed out by Republicans. She had a role in the failed Benghazi response that left four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, dead.
"She also was implicated in the unmasking of Americans in intelligence reports during the presidential transition. Some of those Americans turned out to be Trump associates. Rice has denied any wrongdoing.
"Another wrinkle which is more likely to rankle Democrats: Rice has a conservative Republican son, Jake, who led the College Republicans at Stanford and reportedly pushed "Make Stanford Great Again."
"She wrote in her autobiography, she gets along well with Jake, but added, "it can be deeply painful to love someone so powerfully with whom I disagree so profoundly."

Obama turned Lewis funeral into an anti-Trump event

Even sadder than the politicized service was the applause from attendees

Cal Thomas

. . . "Someone should ask the former president if he approved of President Kennedy’s decision on May 21, 1961, to send 300 federal marshals to Montgomery, Alabama, to keep order after race riots broke out when then-Gov John Patterson said he could not guarantee the peace.
"Mr. Obama apparently ignored another historical event in which federal forces were used to achieve a civil rights goal. On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith attempted to register as a student at the University of Mississippi. The entrance was blocked and rioting erupted. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sent 500 U.S. Marshals to the school. President Kennedy sent military police, troops from the Mississippi National Guard and even U.S. Border Patrol officials.
"Is Mr. Obama OK with President Kennedy’s decision on June 11, 1963, to federalize Alabama National Guard troops to end then-Gov. George Wallace’s blockade of African-Americans attempting to enter the University of Alabama?
"On March 20, 1965, President Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to protect the civil rights March from Selma to Montgomery of which John Lewis was a notable part. Mr. Obama probably favors that decision. A reporter should ask him.
"Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas all had governors at the time who were Democrats and segregationists and yet today’s Democrats claim Mr. Trump is a racist.
"In his “eulogy,” Mr. Obama also mentioned mail-in ballots, the latest effort by Democrats (early voting and no required identification are other efforts) that many believe could open the door to voter fraud.
"One pastor at the Lewis funeral even reached back to the Reagan administration and erroneously blamed the 40th president for the poor housing conditions endured by some African-Americans.
"Democrats and their media allies consistently ignore the fact that Jim Crow Laws, the Ku Klux Klan and other immoralities were all led by Southern Democrats.
"John Lewis’ legacy and his brave fight for civil rights will always remain untarnished. But Lewis was also a partisan Democrat, who refused to attend President Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and believed to the end that the Russians helped Mr. Trump beat Hillary Clinton, though that would likely have required the infiltration of every precinct and voting machine in America, something not even Lewis claimed was possible.
"What was even sadder than the politicized funeral service was the applause from attendees, who apparently believe every word that comes from Mr. Obama’s mouth, though none of this kind of talk improves a single life. It makes one wonder why so many African-Americans continue to be loyal to the Democratic Party."
• Cal Thomas, a nationally syndicated columnist, is the author of “America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires, Superpowers and the United States” (HarperCollins/Zondervan, January 2020.

Nadler Calls Riots ‘Myth’ — Then Blames Them on Trump and Barr

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Charles Hurt   . . . "Though Mr. Nadler attended law school, it is not clear if he was ever a terribly successful lawyer. Somewhere along the line, however, he got struck with just enough common sense to realize that the rioting in the streets that he and fellow Democrats refuse to condemn and Mr. Nadler is on record calling “a myth” does not look very good heading into an election.
"So, Mr. Nadler sought to blame the riots on Mr. Barr and, by extension, on Mr. Trump. Yes, Mr. Nadler — AKA the exploded air bag — blames the riots on the only people who are lifting a finger to curb the riots and enforce, you know, the laws. You know, the ones arresting rioters for assaulting innocent people, firebombing public buildings, torching police cars and using lasers to blind officers.
"“The president wants footage for his campaign and you appear to be serving it up to him as ordered,” Mr. Nadler wheezed.
"Yes, the looting and arson and bloodshed, the roping of statues in Washington, D.C., and Portland, Oregon, is all the fault of President Trump. And Bill Barr.
“ 'Shame on you, Mr. Barr! Shame on you!”
"By then, all the air had leaked out of the giant air bag and when Mr. Barr offered to answer the questions he had been called into the hearing for, the wheedling Nadler could only gasp, “My time has expired. My time has expired.”
"The whole hearing proved as enlightening as a clown car smash-up derby. Nobody was actually seeking answers. They just wanted to scream at Mr. Barr. And, whenever the attorney general offered to reply, they shouted, “Reclaiming my time!' ”
"As Mr. Barr noted, this is not normally how hearings go. Usually, the government official (in this case, Mr. Barr) is required to provide actual answers to actual questions posed by the committee.
"But these are no more “hearings” than the bloodthirsty arson and mayhem in the streets are “protests.”
"It’s all smash-and-grab politics and Jerold Nadler is the mythical air bag lording over all of it." . . .

Demagoguery on display: April Ryan: If Biden Wins, We’ll See “Police and Armed Forces Trying to Pull Trump Out of the White House”

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“So there’s going to be a split screen on January 20th, 2021. If Joe Biden is now going to be the 46th president of the United States, you will have him being inaugurated and watching police and armed forces trying to pull Donald Trump out of the White House. I cannot wait for that split screen.”  Says April Ryan...without evidence.

In other comments, when CNN quotes President Trump's claims, notice the words "without evidence". That disclaimer should also go before leftist's statements.

"Over the weekend, April Ryan, a political analyst for CNN suggested that if Biden wins, America would be watching a split screen in which Trump would be dragged out of the White House over his refusal to leave." . . .

"From Sarah Rumpf at Mediaite:

If President Donald Trump loses the election, CNN political analyst April Ryansaid on Saturday, America will be watching a “split screen” on their televisions, with Joe Biden being inaugurated and “police and armed forces trying to pull Donald Trump out of the White House.”

Ryan made her comments in a Sunday appearance on CNN Newsroom with host Ana Cabrera. Cabrera asked guest Bill Kristol about Trump’s recent comments attacking mail-in ballots and suggesting that the November 3 election should be delayed, and then addressed Ryan.

. . .
For balance, CNNLOL’s other guest was Joe Biden supporter Bill Kristol — the “balance” of course being two Trump haters balanced on the right side of the screen.

"April Ryan, of course, is one of CNNLOL’s more entertaining hypocrites.

"If you recall, she’s the “journalist” who regularly and falsely accused Trump of putting journalists at risk and then had a bodyguard who roughed up a left-leaning journalist for the sin of reporting on one Madame Ryan’s public appearances.

"This is also the same April Ryan who spread a conspiracy theory about Trump planning to nuke the continent of Africa, who barred former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee from entering Heaven, and who suggested Trump’s former press secretary, Sarah Sanders, should be decapitated. She’s also a stone-cold liar.

"Ryan serially-embarrassing herself is not entirely her fault. She’s a fanatic, but also a stupid one who doesn’t know she’s stupid, who doesn’t know she makes a fool of herself, and this is something CNNLOL eagerly exploits for clicks and viral opportunities. Like the just-as-dumb Chris Cuomo, she’s one of CNNLOL’s circus geeks, a freak attraction, a constant car-wreck of idiocy and left-wing extremism that serves CNNLOL’s political goals of normalizing political violence and partisan conspiracy theories.

"She certainly does nothing for CNN’s ratings or ad revenue, which continue to land in last place." 

And let’s not forget that this entire conspiracy theory about Trump refusing to leave office if he loses in 2020 is a total media invention. If Trump believes the 2020 election was rigged, which is a very good possibility with mail-in-voting — something created by Democrats to make cheating easier  . . .  he has every right to contest the election, just as then-Vice President Al Gore did when he lost to George W. Bush in 2000.

White House video of America’s Frontline Doctors gets full cancel culture treatment

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The doctors in the hydroxychlorquine-supporting video plan to fight the cancelling, hiring “Covington kid” Nick Sandmann’s lawyer Lin Wood.

"There have been some troubling developments related to the now heavily censored video of medical professionals touting the effects of hydroxychloroquine treatment on patients suffering from COVID-19. In fact, those involved in the making or promoting of the video are getting the full cancel-culture treatment.

"The fact that the video presented a strong case for physicians to consider using hydroxychloroquine as part of the course of treatment was effective can be ascertained by the aftermath of the conference. To begin with, under the false flag of “Fake News”, the social media giants took down the video. Prior to the shut-down, the video had 18 million views.

"The next phase was punishing the video’s promoters. For example, Michael Flynn’s lead attorney Sidney Powell was partially suspended for the crime of promoting the information presented in the video in her feed, as was President Donald Trump’s son." .  .  .

Obama kiss of death: Not every candidate thrilled to have that supposedly prized Obama endorsement

Obama is famous for endorsing hopeless candidacies that sink.  One can only hope that, true to form, the Obama imprimatur here will knock out Campa-Najjar for good in those parts.

Monica Showalter  "On Monday, President Obama trotted out his highly awaited endorsement list of more than 100 Democrat down-ballot candidates, and based on the media's reaction, it's the holy grail for those Democrats." . . .
First Wave of 2020 Endorsements

. . . "Much of the attention has been on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an openly socialist protege of Bernie Sanders who didn't get one, but that wasn't surprising, given the trouble she's given to the Democrat establishment. 

"No, amid all this gushing about getting the Obama imprimatur, the news is that at least one candidate views Obama's unsolicited endorsement as the kiss of death.

"Here's the Times of San Diego:" . 

. . . 

"Look at all the evidence in his statement:

He didn't solicit the endorsement.He refused to say if he welcomed it.He tried to dilute it by claiming that people of all parties have endorsed him.He tried to say Obama isn't important in any case, because he is "not on the ballot."Sound like a guy who's happy to have that holy grail Obama endorsement?Obviously, he considers that Obama endorsement the kiss of death.  And sure enough, his Republican rival is using it as a weapon to dissuade voters from voting for him.  So much for the Obama endorsement meaning something.

"Why would that be?  Let's unpack this."...   More...

Clintons hunker down after Epstein revelations, media silent, #BillClintonIsAPedo trends on Twitter*

*Assuming the "twitter followers" are real and not fake.

Monica Showalter  "With the presidential campaign heating up and the Democratic convention just days away, it's funny how the Clintons have gone to ground over the past several days on Twitter.

"Hillary Clinton hasn't tweeted in four days, and Bill Clinton hasn't tweeted in five. 

"Might that have something to do with the recently unsealed 2011 interview from sex-trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre concerning Clinton and his pervy pal Jeffrey Epstein?  Giuffre was an eyewitness and, with no apparent political agenda, told investigators she saw Bill Clinton alone with "two young girls" on Jeffrey Epstein's notorious pedophile island, where child sex and orgies were the norm. 

"There's ample reason to believe her, too.  Clinton's sex scandals are legion, with some involving allegations of rape, sexual assault, and diddling of naïve young interns.  Even in his post-presidency, he's been accused of running some sort of Arkansas cathouse. 

"He's in apparent hiding now, just as the election season would suggest he'd come out and campaign for Joe Biden, or weigh in on who Joe Biden's running mate should be.

"But he's missing.  And the press is curiously incurious." . . .

Candace Owens

@RealCandaceO

This is your daily reminder that the mainstream media dedicated more time and fever to the number of diet cokes @realDonaldTrump drinks, than to transcripts which reveal that former President @BillClinton visited a private sex/pedophile island with two young women.

 . . . "With the press not willing to do its job, the Twitterverse is taking over — running the hashtag #BillClintonIsAPedo, with enough tweets they've created a Twitter trend, with about 400,000 separate tweets on the topic (language warning for item below):" . . .