Much of the dominant liberal media (LDM) are behaving like chastised, flailing, furious, adolescent terribles toward Trump. Unfortunately Trump can easily set himself up for the adolescent taunts as the liberal media makes parsing the words of an often imprecise communicator their industry. We know, maybe it exposes the little cretins for what they are, but they have the resources of adults and Trump should not wear down his allies in his less than enlightened practice of imprecision or unprepared remarks.
The dominant antagonistic press, the real opposition party without which the Democrats would be nothing, say they are giving background to Trump stories while neglecting to report the substance of his actions. What they report is selective, intended to fit a predetermined narrative (make Trump look as bad as possible) and with a little checking, can be shown to be duplicitous, obtuse, hypocritical.
It is true, like a child in their rage, they can be easily manipulated with planted leaks, perhaps to distract, which they run with. But then even more so they have no compunction about presenting their fevered imaginations as “sources.” The duplicity of the LDM/Democrat Party as regards their reaction to the Comey firing, if they were adolescent and not supposed adults, in a normal world would see them confined to their room, isolated for repeating lies or making things up on their own and shamed until they demonstrate dependability.
But the adolescent analogy only goes so far. More for the underlings, talking heads, the fellow travelers, the useful idiots in the DLM and Democrat party. But alas they absolutely dominate pop culture from where too much of our “truth’s” are made and too many voters get their information. It allows real culpability, often sinister intent to go unexamined.
But we digress. the opposition party in all its facets, is what it is. Here are some more links to important revelatory stories about the Comey firing and the phenomenal frenzy it has produced, sure to dissipate until the next adolescent frenzy?
All we heard yesterday in the LDM “news briefs” was how the acting FBI director contradicted Trump. Did they ever present how more significantly he contradicted the LDM narrative? As David Harsanyi (no Trump fan) reports at The Federalist (excerpt)
Acting FBI Director Contradicts The Media
Little of what the media — or the administration — told us about James Comey’s firing turned out to be true
Most reporting on McCabe’s testimony focused on the fact that he undercut the White House’s assertion that dissention among the FBI’s rank and file precipitated the firing of Comey. Need it be repeated, the administration’s case – that the director was fired for his unprofessional actions towards Hillary Clinton – is risible. In fact, watching the interim FBI director sit in front of a Senate committee plainly debunking Trump’s core justification for the dismissal is just another reason to view yesterday’s reaction as needlessly hysterical.
The Acting FBI Director also said that there has been no effort to impede Russia investigation – which was the driving insinuation of virtually all coverage yesterday. Whatever Trumpian reasons the president had for firing Comey, McCabe testified that there has been no obstruction by the administration. And unless Trump names some lackey to shut it down, this will almost surely remain the case.
And about all those leaks, how many are planted, how many are “CYA”, how many are ingratiating tripe, how many are really in a position to know anything, and most especially, how many are true, how many are made up by the reporter, or massaged by him or her? Without a name their authenticity should be suspect depending on the reporter. This WaPo story is just full of it.
Inside Trump’s anger and impatience — and his sudden decision to fire Comey
A Twitchy series responds:
WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can’t beat this one editor’s note
Twitchy is also valuable at exposing liberal nincompoops duplicty from previous outpourings: Here and here.
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