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Artisanally-Crafted Narratives – CNN
Do you not understand what specifically he was commemorating?
As we recently covered all of the outlets and pundits who are now ensnared in the Platner-Nazi paradox, we need to add Audie Cornish to the list. She was, after all, covering the candidate last month and worked to downplay and sidestep his rather Reich-ian leanings. But this did not stop her from invoking the charge for others.
This weekend, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was commemorating D-Day. Audie and her guests were not happy that during his speech, Hegseth mentioned how European countries were allowing another invasion these days, involving illegal immigrants. What had them bothered was his injecting politics into a remembrance, as they saw it, but Ms. Cornish took it further:
I thought it was weird to talk invasion or use language that, like, I don't know, Nazis would have used about people invading the homeland. It felt like a sort of dissonance there.
It does feel odd to have to inform a network news hostess of the details of that historic date, yet here we are. Audie, D-Day was about the Allied forces taking back territory that the Nazis had previously invaded. The Nazis were the invaders, so their homeland was not an issue; ergo, there was nothing about Hegseth’s comments that echoed the Nazis in any capacity.
On Monday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish likened part of Sec. Pete Hegseth's Normandy D-Day remembrance speech to language that "Nazis would have used" after Hegseth mentioned European immigration issues. pic.twitter.com/SxTHEfFYWu
— Nick (@nspin310) June 8, 2026
Legalized Press-titution – THE ATLANTIC
And what makes you an expert on masculinity?!
The press going to bat for Democrats continues, this time with James Talarico on the receiving end of the assist. As his campaign attempts to battle back against the political perception that he is a soy-infused beta-male, in rides The Atlantic with a treatise on what makes a proper male, and scorching the Republicans for having a limited definition of what constitutes being a man:
The Republicans have long marketed themselves as the manlier party. Attacks on James Talarico shadow a narrow, anxious definition of masculinity.
And just who is it that The Atlantic ushers out there to lecture us on what constitutes American manliness? A female writer from Great Britain. Is this not a case of “female-splaining,” and is that not considered a social offense?!
Attacks on James Talarico show the GOP’s narrow, anxious definition of masculinity—and how difficult making a positive case for the party’s own candidate is, Helen Lewis argues: https://t.co/Do6jheWqf8
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 8, 2026
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DNC PR Firm – WALL STREET JOURNAL
Seriously, why the need for this recalibration?
At the WSJ, the normally sane outlet saw a need to soft-peddle the Graham Platner fiascos. In discussing the challenges he is facing, while a solid approach by the outlet, it saw fit to describe his controversies arising from a period of his “dark years.” This carries the whiff of suggesting those are problems from his distant past.
Two things, WSJ: Take just his prime problem, that being his Nazi tattoo – which he had for 18 years before addressing it. That would indicate the man has had “dark decades.” And secondly, his issues are of a very contemporary nature, not some missteps he happened to make way off in the past. Just this year, he was on a supremacist’s podcast, and his staff had to scrub neo-Nazi support comments from his social media.
Maine oyster farmer Graham Platner’s dark years are a mounting liability for Democrats in their quest to gain control of the Senate. 🔗 https://t.co/5towMxk9yS pic.twitter.com/lXBbw97rPv
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 8, 2026
Low-Octane Gaslighting – THE DAILY BEAST
Your choice of a source on journalism propriety is…interesting.
Weighing in on Scott Pelley is TDB, and it turned over the reins to an intern, which was not the wisest move.
Calling 60 Minutes a show that now has a “brazen MAGA slant” was none other than Dan Rather. Not much more needs to be said of this opinion, but we will simply counter with something Mr. Rather has shown an aversion to – facts.
On Sunday’s broadcast, the show Danny says is now beholden to MAGA had a decidedly un-MAGA segment, focusing on President Trump’s attacks on the U.S. court system.
A former CBS News veteran has shredded the brazen MAGA slant of his beloved '60 Minutes' program.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 5, 2026
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Gilded Reframe – ABC NEWS
There must be a reason to be coy about those details.
As part of the commemoration of the nation’s 250th birthday, this coming weekend, there will be the staging of the UFC event on the White House lawn.
Maybe.
Bizarrely, a lawsuit has been filed in an attempt to block it from taking place. The suit was filed by the Public Integrity Project (PIP), which claims it is fighting this due to a lack of proper permitting and a failure to do an environmental impact study – at…the White House. But the real story is who PIP is representing.
It took ABC News nine paragraphs to get around to explaining who was behind this, and it seems they were coy because it amounts to a pair of cranks looking to block President Trump on any effort he makes, for any reason at all:
The lawsuit was filed by a retired government employee who frequently attends protests and other events near the National Mall and White House as well as a Vietnam War veteran who said he frequently enjoys the DC landscape while working part-time as a rideshare driver. The lawsuit alleged they are suffering “aesthetic, dignitary, and procedural harms as a result of Defendants’ unlawful acts.”
We here at RFTH would like to say this suit is likely to be tossed out like the empties from this weekend’s festivities, but given the activist judges we have seen since Trump returned to office, anything is possible.
One week ahead of the White House hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a public interest law firm is attempting to stop the high-profile sports event from taking place. https://t.co/vmpGwY6oqA
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2026
