Monday, May 17, 2021

The Media's Credibility Gap Continues to Grow

RedState


. . . "Meanwhile, the media has spent so much time focusing on Liz Cheney getting booted from leadership not because it’s worth a weeks-long news cycle but because it advances the narrative that the GOP is too extreme, too pro-Trump to continue existing and that a Republican civil war is coming. None of this is true, mind you. The GOP appears to be moving steadily toward the middle, and while Trump is somewhat a factor in terms of what politicians are saying, they are quietly starting to move away and focus on the future.

"But God forbid we let Trump out of any news cycle even for a minute because that will inevitably lead to a ratings drop (as opposed to the ratings drop we’re seeing now?).

"The right is not immune to this, mind you. Fox News is very narrative-driven, and Newsmax and OANN more so. They have a clear agenda, but because they are of the right, the rest of the left-leaning media is hellbent on attacking them in order to make them look like the bad, dishonest news organizations. They want to pretend they have sterling records while the right-of-center outlets are corrupt and evil, but they themselves are mired in the perversion of what journalism is supposed to be.

"There is no reason to trust any of them anymore." . . .

The Media Hates You And Is Shocked That You Hate It Back

  They cover up Democrat perfidy and invent Republican scandals. They try to police our language. They condescend to us. They dox innocent citizens. They lie all the time. They carry water for liberal leakers. They try to get our own (real) reporters, like Townhall’s Julio Rosas, killed for refusing to follow the narrative.

 Shameful! Racists in the media now demonize white military men . . . “Our profession today is unrecognizable,” says award-winning journalist Lara Logan.

"She has watched the transformation of media from what it was meant to be, with many journalists blurring the lines between fact and opinion.

"The root causes and how Big Tech and the MSM work hand-in-hand:


Muslim CNN reporter: ‘The world today needs a Hitler’  "Now deleted, but the screenshots are everywhere. Will CNN fire him? Or give him a promotion?"


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