The QCT — “where straight news is just not their thing”
Regarding another example of a travesty of objective journalism at the QCT — an article about a scheduled appearance of QC native Kari Lake, who contests for good reason and loads of evidence the results of the Arizona gubernatorial race in which she was the Republican candidate. We suspect ( mere speculation you understand) that this is how things might have gone down at the QCT prior to their posting of what properly should have been a who-what- when-where-why story — the latter aspect uneditorialized unless they were willing to interview the sponsor for a rebuttal:
QCT EDITOR TO REPORTER:
OK so we hear that Kari Lake is going to be a featured speaker at some Republican event. Drats! Word will get out without us so we better try to get in front of this because lord knows we are the best conduit for warning Democrats. As best we can, we need to inoculate the community and undermine this hater/denier’s credibility. We do not have to offer evidence of anything we say, that is not our job. Snark is. Can you handle it?
QCT REPORTER TO EDITOR:
YES! YES! YES! Thank you so much for this opportunity boss. Doing a quick number on her is all I am emotionally capable of as long as I do not have to say it to her face and be terrorized by her horrible being. Her treatment of reporters is so vile. She has no idea what this job entails. I will get right on it. Death to Republicans and All They Stand for! (standard aloha among QCT personnel)
Later that day after reviewing the reporters posting the word is the Editor sent her an internal memo:
Yes this will do. Your lede is yeoman hackery which you may not know in our managers parlance is a high compliment. Remember, the AP is watching and your use of their Stylebook I am sure will not go unnoticed. DRATS.
Here is what the QCT illustrious reporter posted, Do read it and you will understand the context of our comments.
We responded to the QCT:
Dear Editor of the QCT — did you approve and therefore think the lede by Ms Watson was appropriate? Much of what Ms Lake speaks about is media bias and your paper is certainly living up to her charge with ample evidence.
Adding to commenter Lets Go Brandon question(ed. note — another online comment to the article) — will the QCT preface articles regarding Biden, should he ever depart Delaware and show up here, with ledes such as: Biden who maintains without evidence that (pick one or all) he ever drove an 18-wheeler; ever graduated at the top of his class in law school; ever had a house burn down with his wife in it, had a wife die in an accident due to a drunk driver, that our exit from Afghanistan was a triumph (of any sort), our border is secure . . . and on and on and on?
Related reading — relating to the evidence the QCT reporter is ignorant of.
