It was another excitable week for the press. An off-year election, which normally has the media creatures jazzed, saw them more so, as an avowed socialist was primed to win the mayor's seat in New York City. Why a man who has made communist comments had the press so wound up is a mystery.
There was also the ongoing shutdown melodramatics to reframe, more ICE detention hysteria, and then the conservative infighting that had many on the left overly expectant that it would develop into something significant. So once again, time to tug on the hip waders and begin the slog through the past week of reporting, and see which outlet distinguished itself on this flawed media landscape.
THE CONTENDERS
CNN – After a report implying the FBI thwarted a terror plot in Dearborn that was just an innocent prank, the site took down its story after the Bureau detailed what was actually found. One historian on an Abby Phillip panel lied about egg prices to Scott Jennings, which was a huge mistake. Laura Coates struggled with the labeling of Zohran Mamdani. Van Jones was surprised to hear Mamdani speak in the fashion the press had been denying for months. Elex Michaelson allowed Nancy Pelosi to prattle on about how Trump is the worst thing on the planet, and had no comment about her saying he dissolved the House of Representatives.
The New York Times – Attempting to prod more conservative divisions, the paper tried to elevate Nazi mouthpiece Nick Fuentes to Charlie Kirk levels of influence. On the regular feature, “The Interview”, Greg Gutfeld exposed the hypocrisy over late-night shows, as David Marchese opens with, "Why can’t conservatives break through on late-night TV? For years, that was an open cultural question." (No, this has not been “open”; it has been an act of shutting things down when it comes to those on the Right.)
ABC News – Mary Bruce downplayed the systemic murder of Christians in Nigeria. On “Good Morning America,” they repeated the lie about ICE agents storming a daycare center to arrest a teacher. On election day, one investigative reporter was positively gushing about Zohran Mamdani.
MSNBC – The expert panel on election night tried to sell the concept that voters were swayed by the White House ballroom construction. Chris Hayes defied the Democrat talking points by actually saying the shutdown was a plot by the party leaders. Perpetual grievance actor against ICE, Jacob Soboroff, had dire details about the baby “arrested” by ICE. After weeks of wailing over the people who are going to miss SNAP benefits, the network was actually displeased over the end of the government shutdown.
THE WINNER
THE BBC
This week, the Brits showed there is no monopoly on media dysfunction in this country. They are perfectly capable of burning down their reputation as well.
News came out about the network presenting a documentary where it was shown that they had manipulated a Trump speech on January 6, editing his words to make him sound like he instigated the riot.
On Sunday, top officials resigned over the controversy.
One of those still tries to insist the network is completely unbiased and neutral, despite copious evidence to the contrary.
A BBC anchor was reprimanded because she went off script when she mentioned “pregnant people,” and managed to roll her eyes at being forced to utter that ridiculous phrase.
Editor’s Note: After more than 40 days of screwing Americans, a few Dems have finally caved. The Schumer Shutdown was never about principle—just inflicting pain for political points.
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