The Press Keeps Chasing â And Never Finding â Those âModerate Republicansâ April 28 | 2021
President Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg meet with members of Congress to discuss the American Jobs Plan. Screenshot from official @POTUS Twitter.
Busy pursuing the mythical creature known as the Republican moderate â that rare species of conservative who s willing to work with Democratsâ the Beltway press recently announced a key sighting. A gaggle of influential moderates were willing to work with President Joe Biden to pass a sweeping infrastructure bill.
Those handful of GOP senators include Shelly Capito (R-WV), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), and they ve been eagerly portrayed in the press as middle-of-the-road deal-makers in search of bipartisan compromise. Slight problem, there s nothing moderate about these Republicans, all of whom were Trump loyalists for four years and served
New York Times Drives âBoth Sidesâ Journalism Over The Cliff
Pushing the implausible claim that America faces symmetric threats to democracy today from conservatives and liberals, the
New York Times Nate Cohn on Monday uncorked a wildly misguided Both Sides foray that highlighted the anxious tradition of the Beltway media to position Republicans and Democrats as being equally at fault for today s political turmoil.
Instead of forcefully pointing out the conservative movement s dangerous and proud turn toward authoritarianism and paramilitary violence, Cohn tried to argue that what s happening with extreme polarization represents a move towards political sectarianism, and that the right and left are now caught up in a ceaseless war featuring equal attacks from each side. At every turn, Cohn could only find examples of right-wing behavior that threatens our democracy, yet he insisted Both Sides were to blame.
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How Media Botched The J&J Vaccine âPauseâ Photo by the New York National Guard
Concerned about six rare and severe blood clot reactions out of nearly seven million Americans who have received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, the CDC, and the FDA last week announced a sweeping pause of the immunization in order to investigate the handful of cases.
The J&J vaccine, with its single-dose regimen, currently represents less than five percent of the 100 million-plus vaccines that have been administered this year. The government has more than enough Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to hit the goal of 200 million shots by the end of the month, according to the White House.
Why There Will Never Be Another Rush Limbaugh (Thank God)
Before Fox News there was Rush Limbaugh. Before Breitbart, InfoWars and QAnon, there was Rush, purposefully polluting American minds for profit. Today s billion-dollar, name-calling conservative media traces its origins to the rise of Limbaugh s three-hour radio show. But now, with the host s passing this year, the nationally syndicated program represents a propaganda void that s unlikely to be filled.
That s not to say there will be fewer, less dangerous conservative voices in the media, spreading deliberate lies and dividing Americans. There won t be a shortage there, particularly on cable TV, online, and with burgeoning podcasts. But it does mean that in the increasingly fractured media landscape that the uniquely powerful and national position that Limbaugh occupied on the AM dial will not be replaced.