“The shortest honeymoon on record
is officially over. Normally, newly elected presidents enjoy a wave
of goodwill that allows them to fly high at least through their first
100 days. Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in and the honeymoon
has already come and gone.” – Charles Krauthammer, author and
syndicated columnist, on January 12, 2017
Trump's honeymoon hasn't “come and
gone”. For the
MSM, it never existed in the first place. The Donald's
victory has rightfully exposed them as fools. Yet, who's really
to
blame for their own inexcusably wrongheaded political
predictions? They made mistakes
then—and their current misbehavior only amplifies their public
disgrace. Rather than reform and accept journalistic
responsibility, they have engaged in petulant
antics worthy of a sideshow farce. What else explains Jim
Acosta's clownish
aggression at Mr. Trump's latest press conference? Is it not
unprofessional to repeatedly interrupt, and attempt to shout over,
the President-elect? Does Mr. Acosta work for CNN—or the Jerry
Springer Show?
The
American press is now populated by many “accosting” Acostas.
Their knee-jerk Republican-bashing
is the primary reason for their systemic failures. For decades, the
journalistic credo of objective, fact-based reporting has been
completely
abandoned. Even worse, the Fourth Estate has metastasized into
the propagandist
arm of the Democratic Party. To this end, they have been
radicalized by progressive
ideology. Therefore, they are incapable of performing their
original watchdog function: to hold political leaders of every stripe
accountable to the American people. It's no wonder why our democracy
is so
dysfunctional!
Rather than
counterbalance a faceless big
government bureaucracy—and insulated ruling
class elite—the MSM has become the Democrats' 21st
century “Uncle Tom”. For proof, contrast the tone—and
treatment—of Barack
Obama versus that of President-elect Donald
Trump. Dispositions of the two men notwithstanding, any neutral
observer would acknowledge a profound
difference. For eight years, Mr. Obama has been virtually
deified by a fawning, servile media. However, Mr. Trump—not even
in office yet—has had more harsh questions and rough treatment in
his last press conference than Obama had in his entire presidency!
In retrospect, has any reporter made such a public
nuisance of himself at an Obama chinwag? Has anyone in the press
corps held two-faced
Obama to account for his lies and misrepresentations? Has anyone
interrupted him, or shouted him down, for his failed
domestic and international record? If reporters had actually
done their job, America would be in a far better state than it is
today.
Moreover,
with their shrinking audience and waning
influence, what little remains is now further eroded by the
emergence of “fake news”. Seriously, does anyone in their right
mind believe BuzzFeed's fantasy of Trump golden showers on
prostitutes in a Russian hotel suite? As CNN promoted this nonsense,
only the
deluded safely locked away in metal institutions are likely to
believe them going forward. Further, as Mr. Trump is a
self-described
germaphobe, did NBC (a major BuzzFeed
investor) or CNN take that little fact into account? When two
major media outfits won't differentiate between reality
and fiction, the waters are only muddied to that whole industry's
increasing detriment.
That's
why Mr. Trump is not
afforded a honeymoon: something every new
president richly deserves. This utter lack of fair play makes
The New York Times's current financial problems—or CNN's low
ratings—no mystery. Americans are tired of being falsely labeled
as deplorables by progressives. This holds true for Hillary
Clinton style politicians and their contemptible attack dog news
organizations.
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