Posted on 01/20/2021 10:14:09 AM PST by Kaslin
On Sunday, Jan. 17, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down with Jane Pauley of CBS News "Sunday Morning." Pauley treated Harris to a full-on journalistic massage. At no point was Harris asked a tough question; at no point was Harris treated as anything other than an idol worthy of worship. Perhaps the most awkward manifestation of this sycophancy came when Harris -- an extraordinarily and transparently manipulative and mechanical politician -- spouted a canned speech about relentlessness. "I was raised to not hear no -- let me be clear about it," said Harris. "I eat no for breakfast!"
This prompted a spasm of ecstasy from Pauley, who immediately reflected Harris' bizarrely inappropriate laughter with an enormous grin of her own.
It will be four long years.
For four years, the media complained that outgoing President Donald Trump treated them as an enemy. They self-servingly claimed that they were actually the protectors of democracy and individual rights. It took all of one month after Trump's inauguration for The Washington Post to add the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness" to its masthead. By October 2017, CNN began running ads explaining that it was all about "Facts First."
Trump, for his part, attacked the media whether they deserved it or not: Every disparaging headline, true or not, became "fake news." That was unjustified and wrong, obviously. But the media's lack of credibility wasn't solely attributable to Trump. It resulted from their own journalistic malfeasance for years on end during former President Barack Obama's administration -- "his only scandal was wearing a tan suit!" -- followed by their aggressive repetition of even the most thinly sourced scandal regarding Trump.
And now we'll return to the gaslighting of the Obama era, when members of the Obama team could openly admit to lying to the media, only to receive obsequious praise in return. Already, media outlets are praising the newfound veracity of Biden's press team -- despite the fact that Jen Psaki, Biden's choice for White House press secretary, was accused of openly and explicitly lying to the media in 2016. Media members are even admitting that the vacation has begun: CNN's Jim Acosta -- and, ladies, find you a man who loves you like Jim Acosta loves Jim Acosta -- admitted that he'd be covering Biden differently, explaining, "If being at the White House is not an experience that might merit hazard pay ... then perhaps it is going to be approached differently."
Of course, Acosta never needed hazard pay. He was too busy declaring himself a hero and preening for the cameras while pulling down a lucrative book contract. But now that the Biden administration is a reality, our media can go back to sleep.
And so, the controversies of the day will turn to the trite. The big question won't be governmental oversight but media self-policing: Last week, the media were consumed with the vital question of whether Vogue magazine's cover of Harris is respectful enough, given that it shows her wearing her trademark Converse sneakers. Other major controversies to come will include just how cute Joe Biden's dog is and whether the racial diversity of his Cabinet is merely important or super important. Meanwhile, the same media outlets that act as stenographers for the Democratic Party will insist that other outlets meet with social media censorship. After all, American needs unity! And that unity can only be provided by the same people who have wrecked all pretense of institutional objectivity in the pursuit of partisan outcomes.
People will continue to seek information from alternative sources, of course. But that will only provoke the media to seek new methods of repressing those alternatives. As it turns out, the commitment of many in our media isn't to truth or facts. It's to monopolistic control.
The MSM are lap dogs and will lick their masters’ faces on command..................................
They will lose so much in ratings it will be glorious. But I suspect they will try to jinn up a lot of antagonism towards conservatives and domestic terrorism in order to try and stay sensational.
Biden & Harris: a $7 bill and a $3 bill.
Let impeachment begin. Fair play and all that.
For four years Hitlery called DJT an “illegitimate President.” So, how long are we allowed to call Biden the same?
RUSH talking about media now noticing Biden’s cognitive decline (dementia).
First, I have quit consuming broadcast “news”. I’ve cancelled the weekend yellow rag paper. I come online, and pick what I choose to read.
Second the media still has a job to do. They have to cut creepy China Joe’s throat and install the Ho as their queen.
Well, certainly does not mean that I have to watch. I even gave up CBS Sunday Morning some time ago as well (even though I enjoyed watching some of it’s features and stories).
Little late to the party there, geniuses
Pressers will resemble PornHub.
Mr President...what’s your favorite ice cream?
Is there a FreeRepublic IRC channel? Or any conservative chat?
I’d like to have SOMEONE to talk to!
Get Ready for Four Years of Media Sycophancy
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And four years of obsequious caving from the GOP.
This may be called “Media Sycophancy” but it is really media sicko phancy.
I miss Charles Kuralt.
He did have that second Family, but nobody is perfect.
FOX News is unbelievable.
Enough to gag a maggot.
They have gone so far over the edge that it is doubtful that their few intelligent members will be able to keep them going.
The fallout from today;s sickening fawning over Biden will cost them a very large percentage of what few viewers they have left.
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