I don’t think it was clickbait, and I thought she was masterful. I never fail to be impressed by the ultra-sharp, unbelievably well-organized mind of Kellyanne Conway, who is a model of professionalism and talent, always keeping her cool because she actually is cool.
She reminds me of George Schultz, President Reagan’s Secretary of State, when he handled questions from snarky Andrea Mitchell back in the 1980s. Question after question from her, every one loaded, and each one he instantly handled, flicking away the little agenda-driven bit of dross and then answering the factual part with confidence and complete command of the facts, sometimes with the same little hint of a smile that you see with Kellyanne.
Enjoyable to watch professionals in action.
The press is supposed to serve a function — supposed to question and challenge authority — I get all that.
But when it questions/challenges only one side of authority, and aids and abets abuses by the other side, it is not performing that function.
And that is the situation we have in the US today. It has always been this way, ever since the slavers were founding newspapers named “Democrat” back in the 1830s — but it is all exacerbated and exaggerated because Trump is so robust in his approahc to handling their perfidy.