I’m sure I’ll catch lots of shit for this tweet but I mean. It’s true. There are fact checks to do and rebuttals to give and all that. But the man is good at standing in a room and giving a pre-planned speech.
Sometimes I think you guys believe I am on your team so I would like to add that I am not on yours ot anyone else’s team.
I’m not gonna wax poetic about the greatness of Rudy Giuliani, but if Trump’s former lawyer getting raided by Biden’s FBI doesn’t make the hairs on your neck stand up a little, I don’t know what to tell you.
Seeing a lot of faith in the FBI/DOJ on this one and I’ve gotta tell you guys, I don’t share it. Not now, not ever.
This one is a little different than usual, but I wanted to break down the news cycle around the police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant.
It might be the worst I’ve ever seen.
A number of outlets rushed to break the news - about a 16 year old girl who was killed by Columbus Police - before we had any details, tying it to the George Floyd verdict.
Other places raced to get the story out without context, including @BBCWorld, @Newsweek, @Reuters and @thedailybeast, who broke the original story that relied on the account of a relative who proved unreliable.
Pelosi vs. the judge in the Chauvin case regarding Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments:
Also your periodic reminder that Waters is, somehow, a committee chair. If she were of the opposite party, seems pretty obvious she would have lost at least that chairmanship by now.
The party that is supposedly desecrating norms and institutions stripped a member of his committees for a dumb, racist remark.
How will the supposed adults in the room respond to a member of leadership undermining justice in a high-profile case?
Today the “Russian bounties” story - where Russia was supposedly paying to have US soldiers killed - quietly imploded.
For the last year, Dems, the media & others have pushed this conspiracy theory endlessly.
If you think that’s exaggerative, have a look⤵️
The worst offender was @nytimes, who broke the original story and went on to convince the families of soldiers who had been KIA that perhaps the Russians were to blame and President Trump didn’t care.
Will we get a follow up? Will the families?
But they were far from alone. @CNN pushed the conspiracy theory just as frequently as anyone did.
You’ll notice that, while some of the stories note the bounties are “alleged”, eventually CNN dropped that, despite the narrative being disputed (and having since fallen apart).
Today, President Biden announced his intention to end the war in Afghanistan, to great media fanfare.
You may remember, way back in 2019 & 2020, President Trump said the same thing.
Let me know if you can spot the difference in coverage then vs. now⤵️
When Trump said we were leaving, @CNN quoted the NATO Sec Gen with a “stark warning” about how “dangerous” the move would be.
But Biden’s decision? Well, on that one, we just get to hear from his people.
One of the things I’ve discussed before is how outlets can frame the narrative they want by focusing on people who support or oppose a certain policy. It’s misleading, but also a calling card of @CNN.