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Pathological Media Amnesia – CNN
Well, you see, it is totally different, because that was about Fox News…
As the announcement was made that another news outlet had been disinvited from the press pool, The Huffington Post, this allowed media maven Brian Stelter to once again launch into his brand of outrage that there is a right for them to be included and how this is further breaks the norms with the press in the White House.
Yet, as he takes this red-faced stance, along with his being bothered that the Associated Press had been excluded, Mr. Stelter seems to forget one key position he once held. In the early days of the Biden administration, Brian suggested Fox News should be removed from the White House pool, citing that it was considered a privilege to be included.
Huh, how about that, Brian?
March, 2021. Brian Stelter does a segment on if Fox reporters should be removed from the White House Press Pool.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 26, 2025
"Should it be a part of the White House Press Pool...should it be afforded the privileges that come with news gathering?"
This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/OuGruP3rJt
Stealth Story Evolution – ASSOCIATED PRESS
When the details derail your desperation.
Some heads were turned initially when the AP came out with a report of a mass staff resignation taking place at the DOGE department. But what had been presented as a major uproar inside Elon Musk’s chainsaw department was something far more benign. As a result, the news syndicate was called out, and soon the headline was completely different.
Gone was the claim of DOGE resignations, and instead, the clarification now reads “Technology Staffers” quitting. This is because these were the holdover workers from the original Obama-created US Digital Service, from which DOGE was formed. These were employees likely to be departing in form or another fairly soon, so they went the PR angle in their allegedly indignant protest.
Why the headline change by the @AP?
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) February 26, 2025
Because it was revealed these were not actually DOGE employees, but the holdovers from the original United States Digital Service from which Musk's agency was derived.
This was not a mass mutiny. pic.twitter.com/uYRZy26kFp
Presentation Paradox – ABC NEWS
Those statistics are not nearly as important as our outrage on the matter.
One of the consistent complaints about DOGE in the press has been the adverse effect the cuts have had on the National Parks Service. We have been given a series of weepy reports on the harsh impacts on the various parks and the employees. The favorite so far: The firing of the locksmith at one large park with the lone set of keys meant that visitors would likely become locked inside of restrooms.
ABC News got in on the hysteria, but the outlet made a crucial error; it provided conflicting facts. Aside from all of the calamities at our parks claimed in spite of Joe Biden pledging billions of dollars to them in recent years, we learn that although 1,000 jobs have been lost, they comprise less than 1% of the 410,000 parks employees. Then we get yet another disqualifying detail:
The Trump administration reversed a hiring freeze for seasonal National Parks Service employees, allowing the system to fill crucial roles to help maintain and operate popular parks ahead of the summer season, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. NPS will now be permitted to hire a total of 7,700 workers, according to the memo.
America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees by the current administration, experts said. https://t.co/0p4c1XVeG2
— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2025
First Amendment Strike Force – The Bulwark
We are not so sure we would brag about this hiring.
Nina Jankowicz has resurfaced. If you forget, she was the galaxy brain Alejandro Mayorkas hired to head the government disinformation department, and that was soon disbanded when – ironically and hilariously enough – she and her new outfit came under fire on social media and were ridiculed into oblivion. They claimed that due to excessive misinformation, they had to shut down the office created to fight disinformation.
Nina has now resurfaced over at The Bulwark, and she stays on brand, delivering a column claiming Donald Trump is dispensing misinformation at the behest of Vladimir Putin.
Nina Jankowicz – and The Bulwark. The question lingers: which entity becomes diminished in quality by the other?
The Bulwark is publishing stories by Nina Jankowicz. pic.twitter.com/CWCAW2at7c
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) February 24, 2025
BlueAnon – WASHINGTON POST
What are we mad about here, exactly?
There has been a tremor felt across Washington, D.C., and the media landscape today. Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, came out with a new directive that will impact the editorial pages of his paper.
This is what Oligarch ownership of the media looks like:
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 26, 2025
The second-richest guy in the world, Bezos, owns The Washington Post. He has now declared that the editorial page of that paper is going Trump right-wing.
Surprise, Mr. Musk agrees. We must support independent media.
Here's one reaction to the bezos news from a WaPo columnist... pic.twitter.com/FySc48aeO7
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) February 26, 2025
Just what kind of oppressive, outlandish, socially unacceptable demands has Bezos forced upon his paper? He wants it to begin to support personal liberty and free markets in this country.
And for this, some are calling him a Nazi.
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) February 26, 2025
I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too…
