Jeff Tiedrich is about the only thing keeping me sane these days. Another great read today. His Substack should be on everybody's daily "to-do" list.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/journalistic-fuckery-in-the-wake?r=3agz2m&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=IwY2xjawMxFMBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFCalNGbXV5MTlVeE44RVVJAR7FQf2kmiCxiJjfA4RpR8309wvqVM0okMAcTkwWVhnxo1Y3B_xXBM5bSz6VMA_aem_e79nPncULwJkpWyN3m2DJw&triedRedirect=true
‘did not match other summaries of the evidence’ is polite newsroom-speak for ‘it was a fucking lie.’
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here’s a concept that seems to be eluding our media right now: one can both denounce and abhor political violence, and, at the same time, condemn hate-mongers.
but we’re not getting that from the worthless scribs. they’re over-correcting. the very same people who sanewashed Donny’s incoherent mouth-farts about sharks and batteries and Hannibal Lecter wants to have you for dinner are now are now sanewashing Charlie Kirk.
the question must be asked, is there a gas leak in Ezra Klein’s house? because I’m not sure there’s any other way to explain this:
“Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way”
oh, come on. this guy’s whole deal was to be as toxic and divisive as possible. tell me, is this the ‘right way’ to do a racism?
if that’s the ‘right way,’ I sure as fuck would hate to see what the wrong way is.
Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be assassinated. but at the same time, he did not earn the right to be sainted.
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it’s kind of ironic that yesterday was the anniversary of 9/11, because we’re seeing a lot of the cowardice displayed by the media then, being duplicated now.
we saw this kind of fuckery play out over and over in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks. any on-air personality who tried to analyze if the terrorists might have had a beef against US foreign policy and imperialism was unceremoniously shown the door and had their careers end up in the shitter.
look, emotions were running high on Wednesday, and maybe Matthew Dowd could have waited 24 hours before saying what he said — but where was the lie?
for fuck’s sake, explaining why something might have happened is not the same thing as justifying it.
I can’t believe that I have to explain any of this to the media.
do better, you cowards.
meanwhile, what the fuck is going on with Dear Leader’s health?
check out Donny at the Pentagon 9/11 Observance yesterday. on top of the cankles and rotting hands, now it appears that every muscle on the right side of his face has gone sleepy-bye.
where is the press? if Joe Biden had ever shown up in public with half his face at half-mast, the press would have shit a massive brick. it would be the top story everywhere. the worthless scribs would be screaming for answers.
Republicans would be calling for Joe’s resignation — and Comer Fudd would have already subpoenaed Biden’s face.
but because we live in the Shittiest Timeline Ever™, everyone pretended not to notice.