Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Tidbits And Cat Treats: Bad Journalism Edition


By Sniffles

Snow and freezing rain? Well, it beats a derecho. When are people going to wake up to the threat of climate change, we wonder? Meanwhile, here are some news stories that are capturing our attention tonight.

How hilarious is it that FOX "News" performers were frantically texting Mark Meadows on January 6? And that they're still trying to downplay the seriousness of the attack on the Capitol? These people are a joke. If you were waiting for an excuse to do so, now is the time to write your cable provider and tell them to drop the Rupert Murdoch Sedition Channel from their lineup immediately.

Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News has been forced to admit that some of the texts to Meadows that the January 6 committee members made public were from him. So in other words, Sherman was a player in the event and didn't reveal that fact whenever he reported on it or talked about it. And he never revealed that Meadows was aware of what was happening at the Capitol and did nothing. Sherman not only deserves to lose his job, he needs to be drummed out of polite society forever.

We've heard gossip that Keith Kellogg, national security adviser to Mike Pence, is cooperating with the January 6 committee (they've already subpoenaed him). It seems pretty clear that there are some Cheneys in the background, twisting arms behind the scenes. Don't assume that Dick (the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived If Indeed He Were a Person) and his execrable spouse Lynne are taking the threats to daughter Liz lying down. But what intrepid journalist will break this story?

The media drumbeat about Joe Biden's low poll numbers and "annus horribilus" (we kid you not) is tiresome and stupid. Biden's approval rating has rebounded to 49% (Benedict Donald was in the low 30s at this point in his term). With COVID recovery money in people's pockets, tons of folks vaccinated, the Infrastructure Law passed, more first-year Biden judicial nominees confirmed than Trump had at this point, and America's global reputation restored... well, if 2021 is supposed to be horrible, we'd hate to see a really bad year. We despise the media and their clueless narratives, and we HISS.

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