12.05.23
DNC PR Firm – MSNBC
- She wants Republicans to come on her show, just not any GOP members, it seems.
Since her Sunday program began, Jen Psaki's "Inside" has been a laughable Democratic Party petting zoo. She has interviewed the president of Planned Parenthood, gone bike riding with Raphael Warnock, and bought an ice cream cone with John Kerry. In an interview this Spring, she was asked about ever having Republicans on her program:
“I do wanna have Republicans on the show. Yes, I’m all for it. Governors — members of Congress…”
Curtis Houck of Newsbusters has some inside intel from the Ted Cruz camp. They have reached out to the hostess to have him come on her program, as she stated she was open to doing, but they were informed that it will not happen:
NewsBusters found out that she never responded directly to Cruz’s request to help her fulfill her insistence she’d diversify the ideologies of her guests, but they learned elsewhere that “Psaki’s team is passing on this opportunity.”
Exclusive: Jen Psaki refused offers from Sen. Ted Cruz to have a civil debate on her show after she claimed to want Republicans to come on.
— MRCTV (@mrctv) December 5, 2023
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Anti-Social Media – WASHINGTON POST
Last week, we mentioned amid a swarm of media outlet layoffs that the Washington Post was looking for people to accept buyouts, and failing that would mean layoffs at the new year. Well, we are certain the decision could be made easier given this new announcement.
The WaPo Guild will commence with a walkout on December 7, and they are encouraging the readership to help the cause by not engaging with the publication in any capacity on Thursday.
Let us understand – the paper is struggling, so your solution is to hinder the revenue stream further, and you are taking this hostile position as they are trying to decide which staffers to let go?
That is some galaxy-brain-level thinking right there!
A letter to our dedicated readers:
— Washington Post Guild (@PostGuild) December 5, 2023
On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes. https://t.co/XTxD97lAWu
Body Checking the Fact-Checkers – POLITIFACT
If ever there was an entry from this outfit that typifies how they treat Republican comments with a different set of standards, it may be this one. Nikki Haley commented on how China's navy has more warships than the US, and it will have 400 ships in two years, as our country will not hit the 350 mark in two decades.
Louis Jacobson took a look into this offensive remark, and the introduction tipped us off on the way they were looking to massage things:
Numerically, Haley is on target with both countries’ ship counts.
If you sense the sentence could have carried a big "BUT," you are correct. What matters, we get told, is the level of technology and the measured tonnage of the ships, and, therefore, the US fleets are considered better, and, therefore…technically, we have more ships…somehow?
Therefore, as she says China has more ships, and the count states China has more ships, and it is asserted they will be building even more ships, it is inaccurate for her to say China has more ships.
PolitiFact, ladies and gentlemen!
My latest @politifact: Fact-checking Nikki Haley on Chinese naval strength. She’s right on ship counts compared to the U.S., but military experts say this metric overlooks more important factors like size, capabilities, technology & range. https://t.co/MLRfeT1iHg
— Louis Jacobson (@loujacobson) December 4, 2023
Pre-Written Field Reports – SKY NEWS
- Sorry! We have no further time for your facts contradicting our agenda!
While the BBC has become a miserable outlet of misinformation in favor of Hamas, catching up fast has been Sky News. They have repeatedly had on air disturbing segments of terrorist-sympathizing from its hosts and reporters, and it continues, but now in laughable fashion.
During an interview with an IDF spokesman, this Sky pundit challenged the official about Israel notifying Gaza residents about attack plans, given the accepted fact that they have no means whatsoever to charge their cell phones. This laughable approach was easily swatted away by the IDF official, and rather abruptly the news host could not run away fast enough.
@SkyNews says there's no electricity to power cellphones in Gaza?... Listen to the answer.. pic.twitter.com/3K6j7aKYf2
— Doron Spielman (@DoronSpielman) December 2, 2023
Presentation Paradox – CBS NEWS
If you have not been following the outbreak of violence in Dublin, Ireland, it has been a mess for the media. The violence was sparked when a man in his 50s went on a knife-stabbing spree, wounding a woman and some children. That the man was suspected of being an immigrant led to the outbreak, but this is contested as saying the man came from Algeria, but he has been a naturalized citizen for some time.
What has been the disturbing aspect is that little is known about the assailant, as the press has been shielding his details out of a policy held in that country. Interestingly, there has been no hesitation in describing enthusiastically that the rioters are "right-wing," and now we have CBS News joining in. The outlet goes into lengthy detail about how Elon Musk is responsible, as Xitter has become a welcome outlet for these right-wing groups as well as those like Tucker Carlson, who openly criticize the Irish Government.
At the same time, in this lengthy piece citing a number of "experts" on the matter, CBS News has zero curiosity about the man originally committing the attacks.
Elon Musk's X platform fueled far-right riots in Ireland, experts say https://t.co/QCkXcmnCKQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 4, 2023
Gilded Reframe – WASHINGTON POST
- Is there a slide rule they use to reclassify stories when new information comes in?
You just have to know that at the top of the White House Christmas card list, you will find the name Matt Viser. There is no bigger sycophant in the press for the president than Viser, who is pathologically incapable of objective criticism of the man.
After numerous entries this year insisting that there is "no evidence™" that Joe Biden received any direct payments from his son Hunter's questionable enterprises, yesterday, James Comer introduced evidence showing Joe received payments from Hunter's questionable shell company that had taken in Chinese money. Seems pretty damned direct by this stage, but no – not according to Mr. Viser!
Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has again mischaracterized evidence of payments from Hunter Biden to his father.
Mischaracterized how? Well, since Matt is on Joe and Hunter's defense team's speed dial, he was directly fed the proper excuse about those direct payments we had previously been promised never took place. He was also directed to dutifully invoke Hunter's drug problem because, in the press, that always exonerates everyone involved of wrongdoing for some reason that is never explained:
Joe Biden signed for the truck and had it in his name — at a time when Hunter was in the depths of addiction, had a low credit score and couldn’t make the purchase himself, according to a person close to the Bidens, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
For the record, Hunter's credit score did not suddenly rocket higher so he could begin taking on the truck payments. He was paying things off from the shell company he operated that took in high amounts of cash from the Chinese.
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