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We See Hostility Toward the Peace Deal, and JD Vance Needs to Answer for Himself a Sixth Time

Brad Slager
Brad Slager  |  Oct 13, 2025
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Anti-Social Media – CNN

  • The repugnancy in the press regarding the peace deal knows no bottom.

As the remaining hostages have been returned to Israel, the media have many challenges in their laps; they need to recognize President Trump’s accomplishment, as well as the need to be sympathetic to Hamas.

Christiane Amanpour is among the most outward in this fashion, and you see her struggle as she covered the hostage release and declared – amazingly – that the hostages were treated better by Hamas than Gazans.

It took a few hours, but the journalist held in such high esteem had become properly shamed to the extent that she had to come back on the air and issue an apology.

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News Avoidance Syndrome – NBC NEWS

  • Your simping for the terrorists is rather blatant here.

With reporting coming in about the end of the conflict with Israel and Hamas, NBC detailed several results of this deal – for Hamas.

Daniele Hamamdjian gave a lengthy report that was entirely centered on Palestinians and how all of the results favor the people of Gaza, while criticizing the actions of Israel over the years.

Pre-Written Field Reports – ABC NEWS

  • Accusing him of not answering the question because you did not like the answer.

On his Sunday show, George Stephanopoulos had a contentious discussion with Vice President JD Vance concerning the claim circulating in the press that Tom Homan had taken a bribe. Like all others in the press, George operates as if this has been completely established and proven, even though not a soul has seen any video evidence.

Vance repeatedly told Stephanopoulos that Homan did not take a bribe, but as the host continued to hammer the point, he accused Vance of not answering him – although he had, repeatedly.

This was a pathetic confrontation and completely baseless.

Stealth Story Evolution – TIME MAGAZINE

  • We noticed a bit of softening in your approach to your report.

Last week, there was plenty of interest in the massive house fire that consumed the dwelling of a Carolina Judge who had delivered a ruling opposing President Trump. 

Time rushed out its report that insinuated heavily that Trump and/or a supporter was responsible for the blaze. But once the authorities came out with their findings – rather quickly, mind you – that there had been no arson involved, suddenly the headline at Time reflects a different approach.

Matching Media Memorandum – VARIOUS OUTLETS

  • This was a rather organized effort to prove Antifa is not organized.

One of the aggravating lines of BS trotted out by the press is how the anarchist group Antifa is not an organized body but an amorphous concept of loosely-tied people with a similar mindset. We have known for years that this is a pathetic gaslighting attempt, but since President Trump announced he has declared the group a domestic terrorist outfit, the press has rested on the idea that it is not an actual organization.

Tom Elliot shows how, in the past week, this effort has surprisingly been ramped up by many at the same time.

Pulitzer Prize Nomination – CBS NEWS

  • Maybe Bari Weiss should have been brought in earlier.

As the government shutdown continues, the press is doing all they can to make this out to be the most grievous act executed upon the nation. However, we suspect they might be running out of sympathetic stories, based on the report from CBS.

We learn that there is a new victim to be highlighted as government funding is frozen for the time being: endangered ferrets are now, ummm, endangered even more, we guess!