It was a difficult week to assess the press, marked either by an abundance of solitary sterling examples of fractured reporting, or instances where numerous outlets were delivering similar impacted journalism in group fashion.
Compiling material was a bit tougher than usual, but that is by no means a sign that trouble was not found. Case in point: A new photo of President Trump was revealed from the Jeffrey Epstein estate, and the press stampeded with inaccurate assessments of what we see in this image, making deeply inaccurate accusations. Let's pull on the hip waders and reach deep into the swamp to find out who performed the worst at their informative job duties last week.
THE CONTENDERS
The Atlantic – David Frum says Pete Hegseth using images of Franklin the Turtle is a case of “transnational organized crime”. James Suroweiki declares it is not assault on a federal agent if you lightly push them — and you are a member of Congress. Jonathan Chait decides to explain why President Trump is focused on Venezuela, but then declares he does not know.
NBC News – Declared that Marco Rubio was maliciously changing the fonts on State Department documents in his war against DEI. The network pretends that illegals in the country have committed no crime, saying more than a third have no criminal past. Kristen Welker asks Raphael Warnock how he can claim to be building bridges, and say Trumpism is a “plague” at the same time — then allows him to not answer her question.
MS NOW – Laughably, Rachel Maddow was given a journalism honor for being a firewall against misinformation. The network’s legal expert declared that the Trump photo released last week portrays him with “minors, or survivors” from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. (They were adult models at a public event.) Alex Whitt had Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-06) on after the Brown University shooting to push gun control, claiming the handguns used were “weapons of war”.
CNN – To tout free speech, Brian Stelter promotes a group that strove to petition the FCC to silence conservative voices. After the Brown University shooting, an intelligence expert was brought on who declared a laser sight to be high-grade military style weaponry. (For perspective, we have Nerf guns that have laser sights.) Abby Phillip performed her trademark silencing of a conservative when Lydia Moynihan of the New York Post crushed the narrative about “deporting a veteran” by bringing the facts.
WINNER
NEW YORK TIMES
After previously dismissing evidence of Biden’s mental decline, the outlet now monitors President Trump on a daily basis.
The paper came out with a revised analysis on Biden’s border policy — four years too late.
In a gem of a post, Ezra Klein states President Trump “lies” about Democrats giving health care to illegals, then IN THE NEXT SENTENCE praises Gavin Newsom for bragging about doing just that.
Joined in with the pimping of Jennifer Welch as the new face of the Democrats.
Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.
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