"All of this amounted to a severe lack of balanced thinking, the kind of thing we have come to expect from the press. In other words, it was a case of hysterical status quo. So amid all of the talk of activities in The Swamp, as well as teeth gnashing over what is going on in an actual swamp, let’s tug on the hip waders and begin trudging through the muck and mire that is our media complex and determine who took top (bottom) honors this week.
THE CONTENDERS
The Bulwark – In one podcast, they claimed 93 percent of ILLEGAL immigrants were not criminals. With blatant wishcasting at play, Bill Kristol tried to position that Elon Musk’s bid to form a new political party would threaten the Republicans. Sam Stein had to take down his insults of EPA administrator Lee Zeldin being a contrails conspiracy nutter because he neglected to read Zeldin’s link he had posted, which debunked the theory. The site called for Democrats to boldly take over the dialogue regarding LGBπ issues and then shut off the replies on the column.
NBC News– Kristen Welker peppered Kristi Noem with accusations that detainees are being put in “cages”, something that is never a complaint when a Democrat is in the White House. Meanwhile, the network took it as gospel what those held in Alligator Alcatraz were describing about the conditions. In one report they tried to blame the ending of USAID as leading to a possible increase in pregnancies in another country (while ignoring the fact that needed aid money is handled by the State Department). As for those losing their jobs at State, Ken Delaninan arrived with a bat-crap sympathetic announcement – that it could impact our fight against climate change.
Washington Post – WaPo’s CEO delivered an our-way-or-the-highway command to the staff, telling them a buyout is their choice if they do not follow the new standards. The paper claimed relief aid was being blocked to California fire victims by President Trump, but then was hit with the statistics of FEMA’s efforts. They actually ran an op-ed from a genuine clown, stating his profession was insulted by having the president compared to them.
CNN – Natasha Bertrand was back to shilling for intel activists by stating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arbitrarily halted arms shipments to Ukraine, only to be dispelled by the facts that the DoD was reassessing the domestic needs ahead of shipments. Dana Bash continued her fractured focus on blaming Trump for the Texas flooding response. She claimed Republicans were incapable of politicizing the event as it was in a red state - as she continued to politicize it. She then brought on Bill Nye to blame the flooding on Trump’s opposition to climate change. Resident polling contrarian Harry Enten broke hearts at his own network by showing that the general public has not grown to accept climate change hysteria.
THE WINNER: THE MIAMI HERALD: With the Alligator Alcatraz development rolling out, the South Florida newspaper was not just on the case – it was positively obsessed.
"They were at the forefront of reports that the detainees were claiming the conditions were horrific, with mosquitoes the size of elephants and the food served containing maggots. (This, after just a day or so.) One new resident also said the facility is "about minus two degrees" – in Florida, in a Swamp… IN JULY.
"That this was all an example of the Telephone Game-level of reporting needed to be ignored, as it relied on third-hand accounts passed to them through family members.
"Along with detainees, unsurprisingly, Democrat lawmakers gave the location a 1-Star Yelp review." . . .
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| David Hitch |
