Biden's negative coverage is product of "media’s addiction to conflict and unending desire for cohesive narrative" @Sulliview 🎯
washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/…
speaking of addiction: @EricBoehlert's catch-phrase was "Dems in disarray is a helluva drug" 🎯🎯🎯
via @bryrsmith
"media addicted to adrenaline rush of non-stop news during Tr_mp years as he ransacked White House and obliterated norms" @EricBoehlert
contrived conflict is for screenwriters, not journalists cc: @MelissaJPeltier @Sulliview @MediaBusters6
Chuck Todd kicks off today's MTP with inflation nonsense because #conflict
"What’s missing from inflation coverage is consistent acknowledgement that rising prices is a global phenomenon, fueled by the pandemic" @EricBoehlert
"inflation" is a fake buzzword
pressrun.media/p/inflations-a…
today's "This Week" wonders "can Sarah win?!" and leads segment with Fixed Noise clip
Entertainment Tonight-ing of ABC News definitely causing Peter Jennings to twirl in the afterlife
and finally in today's Eric Boehlert-inspired Sunday roundup: CBS News
don't EVEN get me started on this hot mess JFC
today's "Face the Nation" surprisingly light on Qpubs save for tfg's FDA operative Scott Gottlieb
CBS News typed up this garbage quote and laundered Gottlieb's reputation as "COVID analyst"—mere months *after* Ukraine scandal proved EVERY DFG ACTION IS FOR PERSONAL GAIN
@MediaBusters6 @KIResists @BaddCompani @carrybeyond @100FrogLegs @UROCKlive1 @taradublinrocks @MrTAchilles
tfg on-tape admitting to ratf**king COVID testing so Diaper Baby could feel better about himself cbsnews.com/news/scott-got…
Eric Boehlert's PressRun.Media is now posthumous/essential encyclopedia for those of us who want to carry on his work
robust search function here:
pressrun.media/archive
my blog is CrankyYank.com and (when not writing about Adele's latest hit single) I drag media across a shag carpet for conflict-for-clicks operation
Guthrie's stink-bomb interview with MVP comes to mind
crankyyank.com/2022/01/20/sav…
Beltway journalists who musingly wonder why Biden's approval is just so gosh darn low is infuriating-performative wonderment h/t @prf5
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