Jonathan Turley on the media’s protection of Biden
The media’s desire to “move on” from the scandal is reaching an almost frantic level, as millions in foreign payments and dozens of corporate shell companies are revealed, and incriminating emails are released.
The same plaintive demand was made in congressional hearings.
What was most striking about the last hearing involving two respected IRS whistleblowers was how Democratic members avoided virtually any specific questions…
…Any question would now trip a wire on the Bidens, so most avoid the allegations in favor of talking about Trump or other shiny objects…
Now, Archer is expected to testify that Joe Biden participated in actual telephone calls with them…
No matter the severity of the revelations, the liberal media calls the investigations a “clown show.”
Others have continued to tell the public that there remain no alleged ties from Hunter to President Biden despite emails, pictures and witness testimony.
Yet it is becoming harder and harder to avoid these details.
I agree with what Turley wrote, and I suggest you read the whole thing. But although, as Turley says, it’s become harder for them to avoid those details – and I’ll add that it’s also become more outrageous and ludicrous – I believe that the Democrats are fully up to the task. Helped by an MSM which echoes their message as well as ignores the details that implicate the Bidens, and instead makes the story into “Republicans pounce!” And “Republicans malign our glorious FBI and DOJ!” as well as “evil Trump this and evil Trump that,” they might be quite successful in continuing to minimize and/or coverup the biggest US political scandal of my lifetime.
NOTE: The Federalist has two articles on much the same topic: this and this. From the latter:
The lead stories from The New York Times and The Washington Post, however, are not focused on the credible allegations of bribery, the more than 200 alleged interactions between Joe Biden and his son’s business partners, or the bombshell testimony from veteran IRS whistleblowers who testified publicly. Instead, Monday’s lineup included a story in The New York Times about how the pair of IRS whistleblowers were prepped by former Grassley staffers (who’ve also worked for Democrats) and a column in The Washington Post about Republican efforts to “impugn Biden.” On Tuesday, readers had to scroll to the politics pages of each paper to find anything about the president’s Ukrainian scandals. Even then, readers were met with skepticism of Republican charges instead of the pro-impeachment coverage that defined the corporate media’s approach to the Trump administration.
As an aside, I love that classic Naked Gun scene. “Nothing to see here! Please disperse!”
Yeah, obviously I hope they’re not completely successful at their increasingly comic attempts at misdirection and mischaracterization. Only time will tell if this will have much of an effect on Biden’s approval. As we all now it’s extremely difficult for the truth to penetrate the wall of misinformational noise put up by the Democrat-Media complex. Who knows? Maybe normal people will start to pay attention and ask questions. I have my doubts.
Probably the most unrealistic scene in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick “The Running Man” (based on a Stephen King novelette of the same title) is the part where Mick Fleetwood (!) and his merry band take over a TV station and upload “the real footage” from “The Bakersfield Massacre” exonerating Schwarzenegger’s character, which turns the crowd against the game organizers. (Strangely, lots of other aspects of the movie don’t farfetched these days, with AI representations of various people being used to generate fake footage to carry out “the narrative.”) Sadly, changing minds is not as easy as presenting evidence – particularly when, like the crowd in “The Running Man,” they are used to being fed a manufactured narrative.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to have a serious interview with an honest liberal journalist about this blatant refusal to do basic journalism. Is there such a thing?
didn’t mick fleetwood look ancient in that, and he was only 40 at this time,
the snippets of footage from J6 that tucker and now julie kelly have unearthed
some of which prove deceit on the part of at least one Capitol policemen, are like the real Bakersfield footage,
Perhaps never have so many been so complicit in crimes deserving of imprisonment.
AMEN, brother Geoffrey.
}}} they might be quite successful in continuing to minimize and/or coverup the biggest US political scandal of my lifetime.
Biggest political scandal, PERIOD.
No need for the qualifier.
This is the presidency we are talking about. This crap is international in scope and involves our enemies, unlike, say, the Teapot Dome, and it’s DAMNED sure greater than anything associated with Nixon.
And frankly, sooner or later, it’s going to become obvious that the election was more doubtful than The Corrupt Bargain or the election of Andrew Jackson.
“…on the media’s protection of Biden”…
…and THIS, on Republican attempts to STOP THE STEAL:
‘ Republican election clerks hit with lawsuits, recall votes for actions in 2020 presidential race;
‘ “Our current laws don’t allow those responsible for running elections to determine if the election is properly run,” Phill Kline said.’—
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/election-clerks-questioning-2020-election-fraud-face-legal-action-recall
And so…we have reached Peak Absurdity!
(Of course, if you’re a Democrat, you DO NOT WANT either transparency or accountability—no matter what you spout—so maybe one could say, we’ve reached PEAK DEMOCRATIC PARTY!)\
+ Metaphorical Bonus (though y’all’re probably already aware of it…)
“White House blames ‘stressful environment’ for first dog’s bite spree”—
https://nypost.com/2023/07/25/white-house-blames-first-dog-commanders-bite-spree-on-stressful-environment/
https://nypost.com/2023/07/25/nyc-expert-calls-bs-on-white-house-blaming-stress-for-dog-biting-problem/
BREAKING THROUGH the Praetorian Guard Wall, the media censorship theme.
CNN is stumped by the two different legal treatment’s charge by the R’s. But IRS Agent Ziegler is interviewed by Jake Tapper with effect. Criminal attorney Robert Gouviea breaks it down in this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLST3Y6OVkg
It’s become ” Yeah he’s an SOB, but he’s my SOB!”
The biggest political scandal was the Russian collusion hoax and the 2020 election.
^ yeah I caught that too.
Also, OT, has McConnell’s syncopal episode already disappeared off the headlines? Saw one report last night and then nothing.