A reporter did ask him about his health yesterday, and McConnell said he was fine:
Mitch McConnell's Hand Is Discolored But He Swears Nothing Is Wrong https://t.co/iyN21tCm01 via @ambiej
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) October 22, 2020
Category: Media
Not to beat a dead horse, but…
President Trump is running a disinformation campaign, and researchers say it’s the US media that’s the biggest amplifier, doing the most damage. https://t.co/RSAbUK1eqr
— MIT Technology Re-boo! 👻 (@techreview) October 19, 2020
This new PRRI poll has some really breath-taking numbers on the extent to which Trump's base of support is centered among Republicans who watch Fox News. https://t.co/OToaQza5pi
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 19, 2020
If only
“A huge reason that our politics is not so extremely polarised and so far out there is because we no longer have any Murdoch-owned press” // Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced https://t.co/Ds1qsmf82y
— Prof Fiona de Londras (@fdelond) October 19, 2020
Shadowy forces
Incredible stuff from @katie_robertson inside the New York Post’s newsroom as the bosses rammed a story through on Rudy’s sayso, and over reporters’ objections https://t.co/4einsJKfCT
— Ben Smith (@benyt) October 18, 2020
In an effort to legitimize their reporting on Hunter Biden’s email, the NY Post asked two veteran reporters to put their names on the story, per NYT. They refused. A 3rd, whose name appears on the stories, didn’t learn she’d be on until it published. https://t.co/CsCUf203ld pic.twitter.com/2SwzCntsfV
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 18, 2020
Your librul media
Short version: Our Very Brave Beltway Journalists are preening themselves over their demands that right this minute, Joe Biden disclose his plans on court packing AFTER THEY WATCHED REPUBLICANS DO IT FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS but don’t mind me, I’m just furious over the media compulsion to even things out by pretending Democrats invented partisanship.
In 2013 Cornyn declared Obama’s appointees to the DC Circuit to be “court packing” and tried to eliminate those seats https://t.co/kKjYBK98Y0 https://t.co/URJRBfoqWv
— Spooky Evan (@evan7257) October 11, 2020
FLASHBACK —
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 11, 2020
HANNITY: “I was surprised Obama left so many judge vacancies.”
MCCONNELL: “I’ll tell you why- I was in charge.”
*LAUGHS LIKE A MANIAC*
So yeah, spare us your disingenuous Court-packing Pearl-clutching. pic.twitter.com/yX8gQATtja
NOW…. THIS is court packing. And, ironically, Republicans did it, as @aterkel reportedhttps://t.co/UjbPf8kby8
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 11, 2020
You have already packed the Court with incompetent judges and corrupt appointment processes. We will simply UNpack it and undo the corruption the Federalist Society has brought to the appointment process. https://t.co/YM6bq6SPNb
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) October 11, 2020
Thumb on the scale
The press must have its horse race! Eric Boehlert:
“This year’s not-so-dirty secret: The campaign press desperately wants to tell an exciting election season story. Journalists like to create storylines, tension, compelling characters, and relay wild plot twists. More excitement means a larger audience —the press wants a horse race because it’s way more entertaining. And for most campaigns over the last 25 years, the media have been blessed with lots of nail-biting and historic battles. Not so much in 2020, where the contest has remained locked in a stubborn holding pattern, and shows no signs of budging soon.
“For all of this year’s upheaval, the race has stayed relatively stable, with Biden comfortably ahead in national polls,” Politico recently conceded. “The fact is the presidential race is kind of boring from a polling standpoint right now,” added Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.”
She’s so good
From CNN: 'False!' Keilar calls out Trump on his lies from past 24 hours 'False!' Keilar calls out Trump on his lies from past 24 hourshttps://t.co/CLucetZYNe
— cannizzaro wilson (@MRCANNIZZARO23) September 9, 2020
Hear no evil
I can’t believe he asked this question!
Kudos to @svdate for asking this question https://t.co/YaTDwxhUiD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2020
Ugh
nobody in TV news can explain why these briefings are treated as BREAKING NEWS https://t.co/Lwq56Ijn99
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 12, 2020
They’re afraid of retribution
More specifically, their bosses are afraid:
To Journalists, he rudely calls ALL of you “FakeNews” and you just let him. Stand up to him. He interrupts you, you need to interrupt him when he lies.
— Beki Knott (@lotsofuss) August 11, 2020
The Constitution protects the free press but THIS president undermines the Constitution a lot.
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