Pre-Election Special SALE: 60% Off VIP Membership
BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules on Whether Virginia Can Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls
Tim Walz's Gaming Session With Ocasio-Cortez Was a Trainwreck
Oregon Predicates Request to Judge on Self-Delusion
GDP Report Shows Economy 'Weaker Than Expected'
How Trump Plans to Help Compensate Victims of 'Migrant Crime'
NRCC Blasts the Left's Voter Suppression Efforts in Battleground Districts
Watch Trump's Reaction to Finding Out Biden Called His Supporters 'Garbage'
26 Republican AGs Join Virginia in Petitioning SCOTUS to Intervene in Voter Registration...
There Was a Vile, Violent Attack in Chicago, and the Media's Been Silent....
One Red State Just Acquired a Massive Amount of Land to Secure Its...
Poll Out of Texas Shows That Harris Rally Sure Didn't Work for Colin...
This Hollywood Actor Is Persuading Christian Men to Vote for Kamala Harris
Is the Trump Campaign Over-Confident?
Is This Really How the Kamala HQ Is Going to Respond to Biden’s...
OPINION
Premium

CBS News Forgets Their Own Coverage

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Townhall Media

04.14.23

Pathological Media Amnesia – CBS NEWS

  • It is almost as if you completely forgot covering this very issue months earlier.

It was with head-shaking inevitability that we learned the Jose Biden administration was altering IRS standards so that now private businesses making side venture transactions on payment platforms such as Venmo would have to report the revenue this year. Scott MacFarlane has taken a respite from his January 6 obsession to detail how small businesses will be affected by the new move.

Tellingly, we get no notification of how this basically defies the message from the White House that the massive spending increase at the IRS and the hiring of a new army of hundreds of thousands of agents were not going to impact the middle class and entrepreneurial business owners. Funny, because we were told that very detail – from CBS News.

Race to the Bottom – MSNBC

  • Really, Chris – there was no better analogy for this segment?!

The idiocy behind almost all "dog whistle" accusations is that there is always the desperate attempt to inject the accusation of racism when there is none intended. It is for this reason that leveling the charge toward the left is not favored, yet the insistence upon it by the press means it needs to be pointed out when the accusation could be warranted, as a teachable moment, if for no other reason.

It is a classic case of "Hey, your rules" being employed.

Chris Hayes had some critical things to say about Senator Tim Scott and his stance on abortion. Okay, fair enough so far. But we have to point out that it is rather assured – if not outright promised – if anyone on the right were referring to a black Democrat and used the "not very good at swimming" reference, there would be no shortage of accusations being heard in the press. Hell, Joy Reid would get a week's worth of material out of that!

Low Octane Gas Lighting – VOICE OF AMERICA

Sometimes the best course of action is not to say anything at all. (Just ask the folks at Anheuser-Busch.) In a dose of pure amusement, Amanda Bennett, CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, came out with a statement from the State Department where she decried that Elon Musk attached the cursed label State-funded Media to the Twitter account of Voice Of America.

We completely reject the implications of the label ‘government-funded,' said Bennett, according to a State Department transcript. 'Of course we’re government-funded, but it’s potentially misleading.'

To clarify, VOA is operated by USAGM. It is completely funded by the federal government. Soooo…she completely rejects the message sent by a label that is 100% accurate.

Presentation Paradox – NBC NEWS

The big news in Florida was the passage and signing of the new abortion law in the state. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law last night – but if you hear Matt Dixon tell it, this news very nearly would have been missed had it not been for his intrepid work to ferret out this nugget of information. 

According to Dixon, this was done "quietly," with "no fanfare," as the notification was made "late in the night." Of course, this alleged subterfuge is not so devious when you come to realize he has made no secret of signing the bill, declaring long ago he would do so if it passed the legislature.

Also, the signing was hardly a hidden affair, considering the crowd, the media in attendance, and his sending out notice on his account.

Artisanally-Crafted Narratives – THE HILL

On the subject of DeSantis-dysfunction and legislation sending the press into the vapors, there was also a new piece of policy regarding toughening immigration enforcement in the state. Over at The Hill, this was seen as a dire move against immigrants. Not the ILLEGAL immigrants, as stipulated in the bill, but seemingly all immigrants.

Of course, there was a list of those who opposed this desire to enforce our laws. Democrats, to be certain, but also a number of organizations oppose this plan.

Faith leaders, civil rights groups, chambers of commerce, and others have come out against these draconian measures because they will slow economic growth, reduce our workforce, hurt small businesses, drive up inflation, and deeply damage our international tourism.

Note that we get no specific measures being opposed, no direct quotes from members or spokespersons, nor any individuals from such going on the record – we do not even get names of these groups in Florida who allegedly oppose the measures. That is because reporter Rafael Bernal did not speak to any individuals or even reach out to such groups – he simply gives us that passage from the claims of a lone Democratic politician, Nanette Barragan.

Who is from California.


Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos