Fair ‘N Balanced

Created
Sat, 06/07/2024 - 03:30
Updated
Sat, 06/07/2024 - 03:30
It’s interesting to see the likes of David Frum recognize the imbalance in the media after all these years. People who read this blog have seen this for about three decades now. A thread: “Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election by violence.” That’s old news, we already reported that. “As president, Donald Trump directed tens of millions of tax dollars to his own pockets.” Old news. “Russian intelligence helped elect Trump by illegal means. Trump welcomed the help.” Russia, Russia. “He was proven in court to have raped a woman.” Civil proceeding, not criminal – and sexual assault, not rape. Besides … old news. (cont’d)  “Two dozen other women say Trump attacked them. There’s literally a recording of him boasting about it!” Old news, we litigated all that in 2016. “There’s new news just unsealed about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein!” Salacious gossip, beneath our editorial standards. (cont’d)  “You don’t have to focus on the sex stuff. There’s more evidence that Trump gave a seat in cabinet to a man for no good reason other than to thank him for the Epstein cover-up.” Arrant speculation. Also old news. (cont’d)  “It’s not arrant speculation that Trump’s family falsified receipts to cheat the government out of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.” Old news. “It’ll feel like new news because you ignored it at the time.” We gave it a day. “Trump used the same trick – false records – in all his many civil frauds, and also in the hush-money…