Pre-Written Field Reports – MSNBC
You do realize what you just described, right, Chris?
It is of no surprise – zero, in fact – that at MSNBC there were negative views on the Trump inauguration. Yeah, the dysphoria was in full effect.
Case in point: Chris Hayes saw Trump’s acceptance speech and concluded that almost any of us could have written for him.
"MNSBC’s Chris Hayes Shreds Trump’s Inaugural Address: ‘A Cult Leader Who Keeps Predicting Different Days’ for the Apocalypse" - Mediaite #SmartNews https://t.co/ymuyRSxWIK
— CC (concerned citizen). 💙🇺🇸🦅 (@Wille2k) January 21, 2025
As a reminder (for Hayes, more than anyone else), when it comes to cult-like behavior centered on promising the end of times, there may be no better example of this than at MSNBC. They have been intoning dire predictions on a new Trump presidency for so long one might expect they have Jonestown Kool-Aid in the vending machines.
Anti-Social Media – MSNBC
Handling it well, you are not.
Trump’s return also has set off primetime diva Rachel Maddow. Bask in the magnificence of her losing her composure over the executive order he signed concerning birthright citizenship.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suffers on air meltdown over Trump’s plan to sign Executive Order ending birthright citizenship. pic.twitter.com/CRJyYqh2m0
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) January 20, 2025
News Avoidance Syndrome – SKY NEWS
There was too much pageantry and enjoyment – let’s focus on the children.
One other layer of annoyance the press experienced during the inauguration activities was that they saw Republicans and conservatives happy and savoring good times. (Hey, “Joy” is supposed to be a Harris-Walz thing!)
As a result of not wanting to highlight Republicans enjoying themselves as they take power, Sky News needed to focus on how the three kids of JD Vance – ages seven and younger – were acting like…like a bunch of toddlers.
JD Vance’s younger children didn’t look too interested in Trump’s inauguration parade and were seen running around.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 21, 2025
The vice president has three children Ewan, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel, 2.
Latest: https://t.co/C5f9eXk1t8 pic.twitter.com/Zdg3L2t7l5
Legalized Press-titution – THE NEW YORKER
She gets artwork, he gets a dashed afterthought image.
It would seem that The New Yorker was really anticipating a Kamala Harris presidency. So much so that the outlet saw the need to show off the cover it had ready to run, from an artist it tabbed for the event. Its sadness is tangible, but so is the built-in bias.
As the text for this entry explains, when Trump was the victor, the site had to get someone to whip up a new cover image on the quick. Apparently, it only saw a Kamala win in its projections. (This happens when you buy the press excitedly pimping a flawed Ann Selzer poll out of Iowa.):
The portrait above, “Kamala,” painted by Kadir Nelson, would have been the cover of the November 18, 2024, issue of The New Yorker—that is, if Kamala Harris had won the election on November 5th. Instead, late that evening, when it became clear that the vote was going the other way, it was swapped out for a silhouette of soon-to-be President Donald Trump, drawn quickly by Barry Blitt.
“Kamala,” by Kadir Nelson, would have been the cover of the November 18, 2024, issue of The New Yorker, had Kamala Harris had won the election. Read about the cover that never was: https://t.co/GlOlEFKmR8 pic.twitter.com/VaQqfPMcSm
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 20, 2025
Both Kinds of Standards – CNN
Brian reports on the show most people have access to already.
Here it is, everyone – Brian Stelter’s indicator of what we can expect from him for the next four years. The man who could find a way to cover his own network being found to be a lie-factory by a jury last week is too busy covering TikTok drama, but now he has moved on to his real calling – watching Fox News.
Here he delivers a scathing report that new White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave an answer he did not like…we think. Stelter details that she was “gently asked” (seriously, what?!) about the January 6 pardons, and she bothered Brian by saying she does not think that they were all that controversial. It goes without saying that Stelter saw no problem, controversy, or even interest in Joe Biden on the same day pardoning a man convicted of killing FBI agents. No, you see, that’s (D)ifferent.
Rest easy, folks, Brian is back, and he will be on the case of watching Fox from this point forward – and ignoring the problems in the rest of the press complex at the same time.
Just now on "Fox & Friends," @PressSec was gently asked about the January 6 pardon "controversy," and she audaciously responded, "I don't think it's causing much controversy."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 21, 2025
