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Pathological Media Amnesia – MSNBC
Frankly, they sound bitter about their own failed rebranding.
One week ago, we covered how MSNBC was going through an upcoming phase of rebranding, becoming MS NOW - for some reason. It then becomes more amusing to see Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels complaining that people are upset over the other announced rebranding last week, the failed rollout of a new version of Cracker Barrel.
These two intellectuals determined that it was unseemly that “snowflakes” were bothered by this…yet their covering something so trivial was considered deep thinking.
What makes this so completely asinine is that they are plying their trade at the very network that weeks ago was incensed over the Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial.
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This is a joke, right?!?!
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) August 25, 2025
Their own network just weeks ago was losing its mind over the Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial.
Maybe if @CapehartJ and @EugeneDaniels2 actually watched MSNBC they would not look ridiculous like this. https://t.co/PbA97b55hX pic.twitter.com/PDH4nR3w9a
Presentation Paradox – CNN
When the people under the president have more authority than the president, we must be watching CNN.
In a segment concerning the recent events in D.C., on CNN, Katelyn Polantz was very bothered by the comment by President Trump that he is the chief law enforcement officer in the country. She pulled a quote from the DOJ website declaring the Attorney General is announced as the chief law enforcement officer.
So apparently Ms. Polantz - with her avowed 10+ years of covering legal affairs in the nation’s capital - believes that the DOJ is a fourth branch of government, and is not actually under the purview of the Executive Office.
Low IQ @KPolantz of CNN humiliates herself by claiming @POTUS is not the chief law enforcement officer of the United States.
— Dylan Johnson (@RealDylanMO) August 22, 2025
Someone should get Katelyn a copy of the Constitution — which says the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” pic.twitter.com/KCWAGtPv04
Pre-Written News Reports – NBC NEWS
If it is Sunday, that means a Republican is set to bring down a news anchor.
So, which chattering expert pundit was set to be unwound by a GOP politician spouting narrative-dissolving facts this week?! That honor goes to J.D. Vance, sitting in with Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”
For this week’s undressing, Vance was calmly addressing the designed talking points Welker had designed on the “unfair” decision in Texas to redraw its voting districts. Vance took care of the unprepared hostess in short order.
"We're literally losing representatives for American citizens in order to give congressional representation to illegal aliens," says @VP.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 24, 2025
"Republicans are trying to balance out the scales a little bit for basic fairness and for the integrity of our democracy." pic.twitter.com/uxxDXQJege
Both Kinds of Standards – ABC NEWS
This “he started it, by hitting them back” accusation is truly sophomoric.
Add Jon Karl to the list of journos who are positively offended by the FBI raid on Jon Bolton’s home and office, over the possession of classified documents. You know, the very same charge that Biden’s FBI used to raid Mar-A-Lago…but not Joe Biden.
That Karl expresses his outrage and describes the action this week as “retribution” is particularly precious. That term directly indicates something had to have taken place first, and yet that activity never generated outrage in the press – only cheering support.
"We don’t know what evidence the DOJ has against John Bolton. But we do know that he is the latest Trump critic to be targeted by his administration.” @JonKarl reports on President Trump's promised "retribution" against political enemies. https://t.co/x5qomsiCQa pic.twitter.com/JWICYLBK0i
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 24, 2025
Low Octane Gas Lighting – CNN
Abby, having a tough week, saw that it ended in tough fashion.
On her Friday evening roundtable, hostess Abby Phillip declared there was no evidence that the Obama and Biden administrations engaged in targeted lawfare directed from the top.
🚨CNN’s Abby Phillip:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 23, 2025
“There is NO EVIDENCE that there was some top down order of political retribution in either the Obama or the Biden administrations.” pic.twitter.com/uHmZtHATKt
Starting with how Obama’s IRS targeted Tea Party and conservative non-profits to such an extent that the agency had to issue an apology, she is also pushing the canard that Joe Biden had no involvement in the FOUR indictments levelled at Donald Trump. We addressed this very blatant lie and showed how President Silveralert (and/or whomever was running the show) was directly involved in the cases brought against his opponent.
He met for 8 hours.
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) October 22, 2024
I seem to recall it was @DanaBashCNN and @ddale8 at CNN who declared there was no connection whatsoever to the four indictments and the White House.
Biden instructed Garland to go after Trump, then Jack Smith was appointed.https://t.co/WJsHkNJeCS https://t.co/sGrXd49j3V pic.twitter.com/lmCbn6pmMf
Reporting on the Mirror – ASSOCIATED PRESS
When reading your own copy is this tough to accomplish, maybe you are in the wrong line of work.
At the AP, a video was released (possibly errantly) that displays reporter Lisa Dwyer-Shapiro attempting to provide the audio transcript of a recent article. It is a painful exercise as she stumbles throughout, unable to complete more than a sentence without some type of vocal struggle.
It became so bad that she even stumbled with her own name at the end of the recording.
The AP accidentally uploaded the raw file of Lisa Dwyer reporting on Hegseth and its hilarious pic.twitter.com/AC8ZwZ9n7S
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 23, 2025
