Some of the media gets it. This from the normally pusillanimous CNN in response to the White House Counsel letter:
“The correspondence comes one day after McCarthy announced that he had directed three House committees to begin an impeachment inquiry into Biden. House Republicans, most of whom have denied that disgraced former President Donald Trump committed any wrongdoing, have long sought to baselessly portray Biden as a corrupt, crime-ridden politician engaged in sinister activities.
“While news organizations have published innumerable fact checks on the matter, they have also often failed to robustly call out the mis- and disinformation peddled by Republicans in their coverage, frustrating officials in the Biden White House who believe that the news media should be doing more to dispel lies that saturate the public discourse.”
Dan, thanks for this. Where I get my hair done… the owner is a nut job pro 45 person. So this helps me in case she gets on a rant.
When I read the NYT article yesterday, I said to myself, if he gets elected it will be 4 years of retribution, resentment and hate coming from him and his ilk. And MTG…. to say that about Biden… the vitriol and despicableness coming from her and Gaetz etc….NOTHING WILL GET DONE…. Ugh…. we must work to ensure he does not get elected!
As scary and frustrating as this is, it's an act of utter desperation. MAGA knows they're losing the war so they're resorting to stuff like debt ceiling terrorism, shutting down the government and impeachment. We should take this as a sign that we're on the right track.
I agree - push back and share posts like this. I listened to Lovett's interview with Lawrence Tribe, and they discussed the very real threat of appeasement, which is what this impeachment effort is. It's dangerous to appease these extremists, but that's McCarthy's baseline.
As someone smartly commented on another platform, this election Biden has two opponents, Trump and the “MS” media. It will up to all of us on the ground to get him and the rest of the Dems elected. The GOP is destroying the country and the political media go along. When other great journalists take them to task for their negative, bad, and just petty narratives, we are in crisis mode. Coupled with an ignorant, unserious electorate that is more easily distracted than the squirrel from UP and addicted to bread and circuses, we face a hard row.
And it is only going to get worse. So donate, participate, and be the ground soldiers the Dems need to win. Because this is a war for the soul and the body of our democracy.
Beyond sharing this article, and others like them, how do we get the mainstream media to not cover this in their usual ‘both-sides’ way?
Our ability to share is simply not enough.
It’s a good thing, and I’ll share in all the platforms I frequent, but it’s small potatoes compared to the flood of misinformation that the media pumps out. How do we stanch that flow?
They are a lost cause. Case in point: Kristen Welker, the new host of MTP, will kick off her inaugural show with an interview with Trump. Need I say more?
Not panicked, but worried that Republicans will produce some ridiculous document they will call a smoking gun, which would lead to headlines, and then poll numbers, and then enough votes to impeach in Congress
How many actual conservatives are there? I doubt that the few left comprise as much as 15% of the electorate.
The Republican embrace of race-baiting—which goes back to at least 1968—is the great political tragedy of our time. There’s no reason to think that POC, women, or LGBTQ people are inherently more liberal than anyone else—bigotry has driven them as groups to the Democratic Party as surely as anti-intellectualism and forced-birtherism is changing the political makeup of educated suburbanites. Grubby prejudice and willful ignorance has pushed democracy to the brink.
So-called conservatives aided and abetted all along the way. This is why I’m unimpressed with the excerpt from Mitt Romney’s bio: I lost track of the number of times that Romney didn’t see something coming. How can anyone not in denial miss what is in front of their face?
I agree with you and Paul G. When I hear the reference ”decent Republicans”, my thought is that Romney and the like are craven. He voted for Trump’s disastrous tax bill and other ultra right-wing bills; a supporter of Paul Ryan and their shared goal of shifting the bulk of all public and private money to the top few percent of the population.
But I guess his limit was a lack of polish in being a two-faced grifter?
You’re right. I was mistaken. He wasn’t in the Senate at the time. What I remembered was his vociferous vow that he would have voted for it:
“These principles guided me during my first years in the Senate as I fought against both tax cuts for the wealthy and tax hikes on the middle class. Instead, I introduced bills to force budgetary restraint and simplify the tax code. Had I been in the Senate at the time, I would have supported the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as it provided individual income tax cuts to 80 percent of tax-filers and made our corporate tax rate competitive with the rest of the world. I oppose the Biden Administration’s efforts to raise taxes because it will send more jobs overseas, make the U.S. less competitive, and discourage wage growth in the United States.”
Some of the media gets it. This from the normally pusillanimous CNN in response to the White House Counsel letter:
“The correspondence comes one day after McCarthy announced that he had directed three House committees to begin an impeachment inquiry into Biden. House Republicans, most of whom have denied that disgraced former President Donald Trump committed any wrongdoing, have long sought to baselessly portray Biden as a corrupt, crime-ridden politician engaged in sinister activities.
“While news organizations have published innumerable fact checks on the matter, they have also often failed to robustly call out the mis- and disinformation peddled by Republicans in their coverage, frustrating officials in the Biden White House who believe that the news media should be doing more to dispel lies that saturate the public discourse.”
This narrative is pretty heartening.
Dan, thanks for this. Where I get my hair done… the owner is a nut job pro 45 person. So this helps me in case she gets on a rant.
When I read the NYT article yesterday, I said to myself, if he gets elected it will be 4 years of retribution, resentment and hate coming from him and his ilk. And MTG…. to say that about Biden… the vitriol and despicableness coming from her and Gaetz etc….NOTHING WILL GET DONE…. Ugh…. we must work to ensure he does not get elected!
My wife has a policy: never call out the shitty politics of people cutting your hair or cooking your food.
yeah- I'd find another hairdresser - life is short ;)
As scary and frustrating as this is, it's an act of utter desperation. MAGA knows they're losing the war so they're resorting to stuff like debt ceiling terrorism, shutting down the government and impeachment. We should take this as a sign that we're on the right track.
I agree - push back and share posts like this. I listened to Lovett's interview with Lawrence Tribe, and they discussed the very real threat of appeasement, which is what this impeachment effort is. It's dangerous to appease these extremists, but that's McCarthy's baseline.
Love Lovett
same
As someone smartly commented on another platform, this election Biden has two opponents, Trump and the “MS” media. It will up to all of us on the ground to get him and the rest of the Dems elected. The GOP is destroying the country and the political media go along. When other great journalists take them to task for their negative, bad, and just petty narratives, we are in crisis mode. Coupled with an ignorant, unserious electorate that is more easily distracted than the squirrel from UP and addicted to bread and circuses, we face a hard row.
And it is only going to get worse. So donate, participate, and be the ground soldiers the Dems need to win. Because this is a war for the soul and the body of our democracy.
You call on each and every one of us to “push back.” Got an action plan to share? I would LOVE to hear it!
Beyond sharing this article, and others like them, how do we get the mainstream media to not cover this in their usual ‘both-sides’ way?
Our ability to share is simply not enough.
It’s a good thing, and I’ll share in all the platforms I frequent, but it’s small potatoes compared to the flood of misinformation that the media pumps out. How do we stanch that flow?
They are a lost cause. Case in point: Kristen Welker, the new host of MTP, will kick off her inaugural show with an interview with Trump. Need I say more?
"...overly credulous reporting..." Perfect description. Thanks, Dan
Not panicked, but worried that Republicans will produce some ridiculous document they will call a smoking gun, which would lead to headlines, and then poll numbers, and then enough votes to impeach in Congress
I don't even think it would pass in the House, but it's such a mess over there and every day is a new dumpster fire, so who knows.
I've started calling them Maga fascists, although that one might be a little corny.
How many actual conservatives are there? I doubt that the few left comprise as much as 15% of the electorate.
The Republican embrace of race-baiting—which goes back to at least 1968—is the great political tragedy of our time. There’s no reason to think that POC, women, or LGBTQ people are inherently more liberal than anyone else—bigotry has driven them as groups to the Democratic Party as surely as anti-intellectualism and forced-birtherism is changing the political makeup of educated suburbanites. Grubby prejudice and willful ignorance has pushed democracy to the brink.
So-called conservatives aided and abetted all along the way. This is why I’m unimpressed with the excerpt from Mitt Romney’s bio: I lost track of the number of times that Romney didn’t see something coming. How can anyone not in denial miss what is in front of their face?
I agree with you and Paul G. When I hear the reference ”decent Republicans”, my thought is that Romney and the like are craven. He voted for Trump’s disastrous tax bill and other ultra right-wing bills; a supporter of Paul Ryan and their shared goal of shifting the bulk of all public and private money to the top few percent of the population.
But I guess his limit was a lack of polish in being a two-faced grifter?
You’re right. I was mistaken. He wasn’t in the Senate at the time. What I remembered was his vociferous vow that he would have voted for it:
“These principles guided me during my first years in the Senate as I fought against both tax cuts for the wealthy and tax hikes on the middle class. Instead, I introduced bills to force budgetary restraint and simplify the tax code. Had I been in the Senate at the time, I would have supported the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as it provided individual income tax cuts to 80 percent of tax-filers and made our corporate tax rate competitive with the rest of the world. I oppose the Biden Administration’s efforts to raise taxes because it will send more jobs overseas, make the U.S. less competitive, and discourage wage growth in the United States.”