It has been almost a year since Joe Biden occupied the White House and the result is crises galore.
The economy is failing with inflation reaching a
thirty-year high. Essential commodities may become scarce owing to the supply chain crisis. The southern border crisis has caused an influx
of illegal immigrants that will burden the faltering economy and may cause a
spike in crime. The forced vaccine mandates are likely to cause staff
shortages for essential government services such as law enforcement, fire brigade, hospitals, and perhaps even in the private sector. There
has been a surge
in violent crime all over the country. Parents concerned about their
children being indoctrinated with liberal propaganda such as Critical Race
Theory were branded as ‘domestic
terrorists.’
On the Covid19 front, the US crossed 50 million cases and
the death toll is around 800,000. The US ranks as the country with the highest
numbers of Covid19 cases and deaths.
Biden's ill-planned withdrawal from
Afghanistan has left that country volatile and on the verge of a grave humanitarian crisis. The incompetent display in Afghanistan has
emboldened China that is making aggressive overtures towards Taiwan.
These are undeniably and
unquestionably disasters of epic proportions. Just one among these disasters
would have been enough to destroy a presidency. Biden has mounted a stack of
unmitigated catastrophes in a short period of time which has caused Biden’s
ratings to plummet.
As always, when matters go haywire,
the Democrats never ever accept responsibility.
Hence there was a hunt for excuses
that would give Biden some semblance of relief, at least in the minds of the
members of the echo chambers.
That excuse came in the form of a
piece by Dana Milbank that claimed the news media has been tougher
on Biden than they were on President Trump.
Milbank's piece that appeared
in the Washington Post, used a data analytics tool Forge.ai that was developed
by a firm backed by Marc
Cuban.
Forge.ai apparently looked at 65
news websites ranging from newspapers to wire services and political
publications. It then performed a 'sentiment analysis' of 200,000
articles by searching for adjectives to arrive at the laughable conclusion
that Biden was received worse coverage than President Trump during their
respective first 11 months in the White House.
Milbank then recommended that the media start
doing some "soul-searching" and "think about what it is we're
delivering to people." He claimed it was wrong of the press to be just as
hard on Biden for "failing to pass a bill" as they were on Trump for
"trying to overthrow democracy."
Milbank then blasted his colleagues in
the media for “serving as accessories to the murder of
democracy,"
The lack of self-awareness is quite astounding.
Unsurprisingly, the article was promoted on Twitter by White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain
A few days later, the following was
reported by CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy in his newsletter.
The White House, not happy
with the news media's coverage of the supply chain and economy, has been
working behind the scenes trying to reshape coverage in its favor. Senior White
House and admin officials — including NEC Deputy Directors David Kamin and Bharat
Ramamurti, along with Ports Envoy John Porcari — have been briefing
major newsrooms over the past week, a source tells me.
The officials have been
discussing newsrooms trends pertaining to job creation, economic growth, supply
chains, and more. The basic argument that has been made: That the country's
economy is in much better shape than it was last year. I'm told the
conversations have been productive, with anchors and reporters and producers
getting to talk with the officials...”
How on earth did CNN accidentally bump
into the truth and report about it? This remains a mystery.
Piers Morgan blasted this as an
attempt to muzzle the
press. Morgan is totally wrong in his assumption, the media is not being gagged or pressured,
they are likely to have been eager participants in the meeting. Perhaps it was
they who initiated the meeting to discuss creative ways to cover Biden
positively.
The news media gleefully supported
Biden since he ‘campaigned’ by hiding in his basement. They never mentioned Biden’s
rapidly declining cognitive abilities. They suppressed stories about Biden’s
abuse of power as he enriched his son Hunter Biden via many shady deals with foreign
powers.
However, the situation across the
country is analogous to a ship is that is rapidly sinking with no lifeboats available. In such situations, it is impossible to deceive the petrified people on
board that they are experiencing joy and prosperity.
Propagandists irrespective of their
abilities to fabricate and exaggerate, need something of passable quality to spin.
Biden gave them such unmitigated catastrophes that were impossible to disguise.
Despite being Biden’s loyal terriers, the
administration seems to blame the media and not Biden’s performance for his
dismal approval ratings.
This should not come as any surprise,
in matters of sycophancy, the masters have nothing but disdain for their
lackeys.
The media may think of themselves as
allies of the Biden administration. They may regard White House personnel as
their friends to whom they submit their questions in advance and cover favorably.
But the Biden people see them as
inferior animals who crawl when asked to bend and prostrate when asked to
crawl. On occasions, the prostrating animal receives a gratuitous kick, simply
because the master is in a bad mood.
It is also quite possible that the
media is gladly taking the blame merely to appease and their master.
No matter how you see this it is a disgrace for the fourth estate of democracy.
The fact that the news of the meeting
between White House officials and the media leaked all over the world press is
proof of the incompetence of the Biden administration i.e. they cannot even manage the media without
the world getting to know.
Perhaps Democrat personnel within or
beyond the White House are attempting to undermine Biden by leaking the news. Perhaps the leakers are disgruntled people from the Kamala Harris Wing?
In any case, it is most unfortunate
that news of collusion between politicians and the news media ceases to cause
any surprise.
In fact calling it collusion may be an
understatement, the manner in which news is covered makes it blatantly obvious
that the mainstream media is the propaganda wing for the Democrat party.
As a consumer, you must look at all
news that emanates from these individuals with a large dose of skepticism,
perhaps even go one step further and presume it to be false until proven true.
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