“the press loves the narrative that there's a group of thoughtful centrists at the heart of today's GOP — pragmatic do-gooders, happy to occupy the middle ground.”
it’s pure fantasy
"And the minuscule infrastructure "compromise" they offered was laughable, just like the recent GOP "compromise" proposal on Covid relief was laughable."
"for news consumers, the story presented by the media is that there's an honest back-and-forth negotiation going on, because "moderates" have offered a "compromise." The press constantly plays along with the charade."
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“It's not up to CNN and other media players to hire and platform bad actors like Santorum simply because the conservative movement is filled with so many bad actors.”
"All news outlets ought to have easily identifiable standards, and if paid contributors can't meet those standards, they should not be associated with the network.
Being pro-genocide ought to be an easy demarcation line for CNN."
I think Fox News is so furious abt Chauvin verdict not bc they care abt him but they hoped a not guilty verdict would spark unrest and they could then blame Biden
“In the Times’ eyes, Biden's inability to bring "unity" to the country is on par with Republican members of the House weighing the idea of starting a white supremacy caucus”