Posted on 12/09/2014 11:40:21 AM PST by PJ-Comix
The normally liberal Daily Beast published an article about The New Republic owner Chris Hughes that is chock full of criticism of the Facebook multi-millionaire However, what is most surprising is that the article by James Kirchick also takes the mainstream media to task for its lavish praise of Hughes before attacking him for what they view as the destruction of The New Republic.
You sort of get the idea that the Daily Beast story is going to come up somewhat short of praise just from the very title, The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple. However, before we get to the blasts on Hughes and his, uh, husband, let us take note of the criticism of the MSM which once was in awe of Hughes:
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The Daily Beast.
Really, that just about says it all, does it not?
‘Nuff said.
Hughes has also purged all the Israel supporters on the NR staff. Not sure why that should bug any of the Daily Beast demagogues though.
One suspects that had this couple been heterosexual and conservative, the initial media attention would not have been quite so toadying. We would have no doubt been treated to endless stories about how a “rapacious” “right-wing” millionaire, who had done nothing to earn his fortune, set out to destroy one of liberalism’s great institutions all the while enabling his power-mad spouse to “buy” a seat in Congress. But everything about the Hughes-Eldridge pairing militated against such a portrayal. The prospect of a fresh-faced, conventionally liberal, gay couple hit every media sweet spot.
Tacit admission of media bias by the Beast? Ice cream in hell?
If people knew how liberal Israel was in regards to homosexuals, they would have a lot of respect for the Israelis...
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