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When Matt Whitaker first came into the picture, Palmer Report said he was too stupid to put a dent in Mueller’s work. Most of the TV pundits spent Whitaker’s tenure trying to convince you that Whitaker had Mueller hogtied, and Mueller wouldn’t be able to do anything at all...
Then Mueller arrested Stone, proving Whitaker wasn’t a threat. TV pundits mostly ignored Whitaker after that, because it was no longer possible to use him to scare people into staying tuned in. Now that he’s exiting, TV pundits are admitting he was never a threat to Mueller...
This is the latest instance of the TV pundits insisting that a Scary Impossible Thing was going to happen. It’s such an easy way to get ratings. Then when you realize Whitaker was never a threat, you’re so relieved, you forget that the TV pundits spent every day misleading you...
This is not simply to beat up on TV pundits. It’s to remind you that most of their prevailing narratives you hear on TV - particularly the Big Scary Things That Are About To Happen - are rating driven bullshit that’s best ignored. Put your focus on the scary real things instead.
And yeah, for the record, Palmer Report has been proven correct yet again. So the next time the pundits are all hyperventilating over the same Big Scary Thing That’s About To Happen, and we’re the only ones saying it’s not even possible, maybe give us the benefit of the doubt 😁
