We have often discussed (and even marveled at) the determined effort of mainstream media to ignore the evidence of a massive corruption scandal surrounding the Biden family. However, even at this late date, NBC seems to have achieved singular distinction with a comparison between the criticism of the daughter of Nikki Haley for using TikTok and the criticism of Hunter Biden for influence peddling.
During the Republican presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy responded to Haley’s criticism of his use of the Chinese-linked social media app, TikTok, by pointing out: “she made fun of me for joining TikTok, while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time, so you might want to take care of your family first.”
Haley responded by calling Ramaswamy “scum.”
Later Gov. Ron DeSantis said that children need to be out of bounds.
NBC saw an immediate opportunity to denounce the investigation into Hunter Biden: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he believes going after an opponent’s children is ‘out of bounds’ in political warfare. DeSantis, however, goes after President Biden’s son on a weekly basis.”
The comparison perfectly captured the all-hands-on-deck effort of the media in resisting coverage of the Biden scandal. A major network wanted the public to see the criticism of Haley’s daughter for using TikTok as the same as criticism of Biden’s son for influence peddling.
One child was posting playful social media posts while the other was orchestrating massive payments from foreign figures.
This is why polls have shown the media at record lows in terms of public trust. Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that 50% of Americans believe that the news media lies in order to promote an agenda. Only 25% of Americans reject that premise. The public has largely rejected the mainstream coverage (or lack thereof). A majority believes that Hunter has received special protection in the investigation.
We have often discussed the increasing bias and advocacy in major media in the United States. While cable networks have long catered to political audiences on the left or right, mainstream newspapers and networks now openly frame news to fit a political narrative.
We previously discussed the release of the results of interviews with over 75 media leaders by former executive editor for The Washington Post Leonard Downie Jr. and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward. They concluded that objectivity is now considered reactionary and even harmful. Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, editor-in-chief at the San Francisco Chronicle said it plainly: “Objectivity has got to go.”
Downie explained that news leaders today
“believe that pursuing objectivity can lead to false balance or misleading “bothsidesism” in covering stories about race, the treatment of women, LGBTQ+ rights, income inequality, climate change and many other subjects. And, in today’s diversifying newsrooms, they feel it negates many of their own identities, life experiences and cultural contexts, keeping them from pursuing truth in their work.”
Likewise, Stanford journalism professor, Ted Glasser, has called for journalism to “free itself from this notion of objectivity to develop a sense of social justice.” He views “journalists as activists because journalism at its best — and indeed history at its best — is all about morality.” Thus, “Journalists need to be overt and candid advocates for social justice, and it’s hard to do that under the constraints of objectivity.”
Lauren Wolfe, the fired freelance editor for the New York Times, has not only gone public to defend her pro-Biden tweet but published a piece titled “I’m a Biased Journalist and I’m Okay With That.”
Former New York Times writer (and now Howard University Journalism Professor) Nikole Hannah-Jones is a leading voice for advocacy journalism. Indeed, Hannah-Jones has declared “all journalism is activism.”
Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin has also called for the media to abandon balance and impartiality.
While outfits like NPR allow reporters to actually participate in protests and the New York Times sheds conservative opinions, the new poll shows many are simply tuning out the media.
Put into this context, the NBC framing of the presidential debate is not just understandable but entirely predictable. It is why the “Let’s Go, Brandon” movement is as much a mocking of the media as it is the President. No one seriously buys the analogy of a criticism of a politician’s daughter over using social media with the criticism of a politician’s son who allegedly raised millions in influence peddling. One child was engaged in personal entertainment while the other was engaged in public corruption.
NBC’s slogan of “The news you want, when you want it” has become “the news you want, how you want it.” They are not alone in such echo chamber journalism. The problem is that a smaller percentage of the public seems to want news at all as their trust in the media generally continues to collapse.
The NBC hit on critics of Hunter Biden is precisely why. Yet, rather than recognize the falling revenues and influence of media, these outlets and journalists continue to saw feverishly at the branch on which they are sitting.
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“NBC seems to have achieved singular distinction with a comparison between the criticism of the daughter of Nikki Haley for using TikTok …” WTF – where’s the “critasism” Turley? You pointed out yourself: “Ramaswamy responded to Haley’s criticism of his use of the Chinese-linked social media app, TikTok, by pointing out: “she made fun of me for joining TikTok, while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time, so you might want to take care of your family first.”” If Ramaswamy was “criticizing” the daughter for using TikTok, wouldn’t that mean he was also criticizing himself. He wasn’t, he was simply pointing out Haley’s hypocrisy.
In a perfect world, nimrata would be found “hanging around” a confederate statue in S. Carolina…
Amazing for NBC to even make this comparison between a teenager and a grown man. Yes. Hunter is he Biden’s child but at 53 one could hardly call him a child. Although one does wonder how a fellow could have such a stellar education and be so stupid. If it is the drugs then why doesn’t his father work harder to stop the drugs coming over the border. We can even understand the arrogance of PRIVILDEGE creating this scenario for Hunter. What excuse does NBC have?
The left media has fallen prey to protecting the Biden’s at all costs — even their own common sense and intellect. Sad state of affairs!
Is there no help for our country? The First Amendment? For brave leaders? For all the citizens who disagree with this LEFT agenda?
There is very little in the way of an “attack” on Hunter.
If Hunter was not Joe’s son – he would have been tried. convicted and probably out of jail by now.
But then if Hunter was not Joe’s son – no one would be paying him millions for influence pedaling.
The Big issues regarding Hunter are the quite Clear DOJ coverup.
This is one of many reasons that Garland should be facing the impeachment inquiry not Joe.
Everything converges on Garland.
If as is repeatedly claimed – no one in the WhiteHouse “interfered” with the Hunter investigation – then WHO DID ?
We already know that the investigation was sabatoged. We already know many of the actors involved.
They either acted on their own – and should be sacked and possibly prosecuted for obstruction of justice.
Or they acted at the direction of others, and those people should be identified, sacked and prosecuted.
The likelyhood that this is several people acting on their own is near zero.
I would separately note that Mayorkas lied to congress in the past few days.
And not the normal pretend difference of opinion lie.
Johnson presented Mayorka with the federal courts findings of fact regarding CISA.
Mayorkas ceded that he was aware of the case, the allegations, the opinion, and the findings.
He denied that the findings of fact were correct – that is despite the fact that the current decision is
a summary judgement – that means that DOHS has already signed off on the findings of fact as True.
Mayorkas repeatedly challenged several findings as false, resting his hat on the fact that the decision is being appealed.
But the apeal is not (and can not) challenge the finds of fact. Because DHS has already accepted them as true.
Mayorkas is a lawyer. He knows all of this. Johnson gave him repeated oportunities to correct his testimony.
Mayorkas refused.
This is not merely lying under oath, It is also obstruction. It is little rally what many of the J6 defendants were accused of.
I have had enough of this poppycock.
I will now live as a hermit in the wilderness and befriend a chipmunk.
Goodbye.
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