Liberalism’s Death Rattle bit.ly/2R1wwk7
"But it was CNN, which since Donald Trump’s election has become a kind of journalistic urinal for left-wing provocateurs of all stripes and acuity, that wallowed most often and most deeply in the mud of this affair."
Take @BrianStelter, the journalistic runt of CNN’s litter. It was Stelter who told Avenatti “one reason why I’m taking you seriously as a (presidential) contender is because of your presence on cable news.”
And indeed, Stelter was on to something. According to a report in The Hill, @MichaelAvenatti appeared on @CNN 65 times (and on @MSNBC 43 times) between March 7 and May 10.
The most obvious takeaway from all this is that “liberalism,” the presumed ideology of all these people and organizations, is dying.
In its place has grown a violent and ignorant and deeply anti-democratic #Resistance, which has embraced identity politics, a victim culture, and an equivocal if not downright hostile view of the U.S. Constitution.
It’s more than a shame. The country could profit right now from the kind of liberalism that is broadminded, and tolerant. But it’s not going to come from the current Dem Party, or from elements of the press that have trashed all traces of journalistic standards and objectivity.
