New York Times Hunts for Leaker
The New York Times is cracking down on internal leaks after The Intercept reported how an episode of The Daily focused on Hamas’ sexual violence on Oct. 7 was nixed, Vanity Fair reports.
You Can’t Make This Up
Sean Hannity slammed President Biden on Fox News for visiting the southern border as “a cynical sick political stunt and beyond disgraceful.”
Without missing a beat, he then noted his upcoming show with Donald Trump will be aired from the border.
Tucker Carlson Says He Risked Arrest Interviewing Putin
Tucker Carlson claimed his attorneys advised him that he could be arrested if he chose to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Said Carlson: “Their sincere conclusion was, do not do this… a lot will depend on the questions you ask of Putin. If you’re seen as too nice to him you could be arrested when you come back.”
Reporters Still Aren’t Covering Trump Properly
Brian Beutler: “Reporters are habituated to the fact that Trump’s base doesn’t care how corrupt he is, so they never frame new frontiers of corruption or accountability in the metaphorical language of dark clouds, which appear over Joe Biden’s campaign anytime he garbles a sentence.”
Tucker Does Russia
Jon Stewart had some comments on Tucker Carlson’s recent visit to Moscow to interview Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Sinclair’s Recipe for TV News
“Every year, local television news stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting conduct short surveys among viewers to help guide the year’s coverage,” the Washington Post reports.
“A key question in each poll, according to David Smith, the company’s executive chairman: ‘What are you most afraid of?’
Cut through the 2024 election noise.“
“The answers are evident in Sinclair’s programming. Crime, homelessness, illegal drug use, failing schools and other societal ills have long been core elements of local TV news coverage. But on Sinclair’s growing nationwide roster of stations, the editorial focus reflects Smith’s conservative views and plays on its audience’s fears that America’s cities are falling apart.”
How False Republican Bravado Warps All Politics
Brian Beutler: “If you’ve followed elections closely in recent years you’ll recognize this as part of a pattern: Polls say Democrats are doing pretty well, elites question the polls, reporters echo elites—but then voters cast ballots and reality converges with data rather than headlines. Many liberals I know find this frustrating, even inexplicable. Will the strategists and commentators who set expectations based on whatever vibe they’re picking up at the moment never learn? Never face professional consequences?”
“I confess to finding this frustrating as well. But the phenomenon doesn’t spawn from bad journalism so much as from the clash between insecure liberalism and kayfabe conservatism. These sorts of headlines are inevitable, and aren’t even really falsifiable, because they reflect Democratic neurosis and artificial Republican aggression back out into the world, and the affects persist despite the more reliable barometer of public polling.”
“Two things would make this sort of thing less prevalent: First, a liberalism that was more confident in its appeal to a majority of the country; second, a press corps that was better at detecting false Republican bravado, and more willing to identify it as such.”
Jon Stewart Boosts ‘The Daily Show’ Audience
Jon Stewart‘s return to “The Daily Show” on Monday brought in 1.9 million viewers, marking the show’s biggest audience in more than five years, Variety reports.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rips ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is blasting a politically charged episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” saying it “lied” and painted conservatives in her state and supporters of Donald Trump as “racists and red necks,” The Hill reports.
Jon Stewart Returns
“Jon Stewart returned on Monday night as host of ‘The Daily Show,’ the Comedy Central news satire he turned into a cultural force before leaving in August 2015,” the New York Times reports.
“It was the beginning of a plan, announced in January, that will bring Stewart back to the show on Mondays through the presidential election. He will also serve as an executive producer.”
Said Stewart: “Why am I back? I have committed a lot of crimes. From what I understand, talk show hosts are granted immunity — it doesn’t make a lot of sense, but take it up with the founders.”
His opening segment shows he hasn’t missed a beat.
The Media’s Destructive Obsession with Biden’s Age
Margaret Sullivan: “Biden’s advanced age is, granted, far from ideal for a president seeking a second term, even the very effective president that he has been. Yes, he’s old; and, never a gifted public speaker, he makes cringe-inducing mistakes. It would be great if he were 20 years younger. His age really is a legitimate concern for many voters.”
“But for the media to make this the overarching issue of the campaign is nothing short of journalistic malpractice.”
Seth Masket: The two evidence-free assumptions about Biden’s age.
Quote of the Day
“Gullible Westerners who spread Soviet propaganda were dismissed as ‘useful idiots.’ Calling Tucker that is unfair to useful idiots.”
— Chris Wallace, on Tucker Carlson’s softball interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Sports Talk Embraces Politics
New York Times: “For the most part, this class of sports commentators largely lives on the right side of the political spectrum, where they have become loud and influential voices reaching an audience that often tunes out traditional coverage of politics.”
Tucker Carlson Was Busy in Moscow
Semafor: “The former Fox News host met for hours Thursday with the NSA leaker Edward Snowden, Semafor has learned. While the former NSA whistleblower was a regular figure in the press in the years after he fled to Russia, he has largely receded from public appearances in recent years, citing the desire for wanted greater privacy for his family.”
“The Snowden interview was not for Carlson’s video program, but he did tape an interview with Tara Reade, a former junior Senate aide who decades later accused President Joe Biden of sexual assault (an allegation he denied). Reade moved to Russia last year after several years of increasingly speaking out in support of pro-Russian policies.”
Tucker Carlson’s Fatal Attraction
Mona Charen: “Tucker Carlson is not a useful idiot. Not precisely. The term implies naïveté, but he seems to know exactly what he’s doing. He claims to be in Moscow to interview Putin because the rest of the press refuses to do so. In fact, Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, was just one of many who have pointed out that major press organizations have repeatedly requested interviews and been rebuffed. Peskov explained that Carlson had been approved because ‘he has a position that differs from the rest of Western media.’ Yes, supine.”
“For the past several years, Carlson’s project has been consonant with Putin’s. Both seek to sow division in the United States. Both seek to flood the zone with s— so that people won’t know what to believe or whom to trust. Both seek to undermine confidence in institutions. Both seek to subvert confidence in democratic systems—most especially in elections. And both seek to stoke feelings of persecution and existential danger in their followers.”
Americans Are Tuning Out Politics
“Engagement with political news and news generally is down considerably compared to the last presidential primary election cycle, as Americans continue to funnel their attention toward lighter topics, like sports and entertainment,” Axios reports.
“Record news interest last presidential election cycle, while bolstered by the onset of the pandemic, helped lead to the highest voter turnout in the 21st century — and near-record numbers among younger voters.”
Tucker Carlson Says He’ll Interview Vladimir Putin
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson admitted that he is in Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Axios: “Putin rarely gives interviews, particularly to Western journalists. Carlson, however, is cited frequently on Russian state TV because of his opposition to U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort, embrace of other Russian-friendly narratives and criticism of President Biden.”
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