Am I the only one to have noticed how it is that after
spending a certain number of years on television most of those who fondly refer
to themselves as journalists eventually come to take themselves far too
seriously. It’s like they come to think
of themselves as someone whose opinion really does matter and think, much like
Hitlery thought she deserved to be president, they deserve to be taken
seriously. But when you consider they do
little more than to read from a teleprompter you quickly realize that that’s
just plain nutty. Which again brings me
to Fox News’ Bret Baier.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s not
so “Special Report,” host, and obvious ‘NeverTrumper’, Bret Baier reacted to how
the White House had blocked Kaitlan Collins, who happens to be the White House
Correspondent for the Communist News Network (CNN), from an event on Wednesday
by stating that Fox “stands firmly with CNN on this issue of access.” After reading from CNN’s statement on the
matter, where the network defended Collins, Baier said, “As a member of the
White House press pool, Fox stands firmly with CNN on this issue of access.”
That Baier would be so quick to come to the defense
of Ms. Collins would, at least, indicate to me his rather misplaced
priorities. It is not the place of those
in the media to harangue the president, regardless of who he is. And if you’re going to exhibit bad behavior,
then you should be made to face some sort of consequences. But apparently Baier doesn’t agree with that
sentiment. But it seems to me that not
doing so would only serve to encourage the same bad behavior that should not be
seen as being acceptable. Am I
wrong? Apparently Baier thinks so.
Now of course Baier’s comments should come as a
surprise to no one who has spent any amount of time watching his program. It’s far more often than not that he seems to
go well out of his way in his effort to paint the president in a bad light
regardless of the issue, from tariffs to immigration, from the economy to
foreign policy. And I find myself wondering if he would have felt the same had
it been Barry ‘O’ who saw fit to take the same sort of action, or if his selective
outrage is reserved solely for President Trump.
Why is it seen as being ok for Trump to be disrespected?
Perhaps if CNN would, instead, have sent a respectful
reporter to this event, he, or she, would have likely received access to it. But we know that’s not going to happen since
reporters of this type have become essentially nonexistent at the network that
has garnered for itself quite the reputation for creating what is now commonly
referred to as being ‘fake news’. CNN
ceased to be a ‘news’ network long before Trump came onto the scene, so I’m a
bit puzzled why it is that Baier would now be rushing to their defense. It simply is no longer worthy of being
defended.
I think what’s happening over there at FOX News is
that they are now in the midst of a transition, of sorts, trying to appear as
more liberal and a little less ‘fair and balanced’ all in an effort to gain a
larger audience. Also, with Murdoch Sr.
on the way out and his more liberal son taking over, the transition to liberal
will be coming fast and furious. At the
same time, of course, FOX ‘news people’ have a vested interest in being able to
throw their weight around at press conferences where they can insult President Trump
pretty much at their convenience.
Anyway, I long ago gave up trying to find a bona
fide provider of accurate news and information on television. Such programming simply no longer
exists. What I do watch on Fox these
days is programming typically identified as “opinion programming’ and get my
actual ‘news’ from various online sources.
But even there you have to be careful and willing to spend time
verifying sources. It’s become
increasingly difficult to find the actual truth about anything, and I find that
as being rather sad. Just because
something is said with some authority, doesn’t make it true.
Ever since Trump first made it official that he was
a candidate, Baier has made it increasingly obvious that he is little more than
a liberal disguised as a conservative. It’s
kinda funny really how it is that Trump brings them out of the closet. Throughout the entire campaign you could
always count on Baier and his ‘panel’ to point out all of the things that made
it impossible not only for Trump to get elected, but even to win the
nomination. The look on his face on
election night, sitting there next to Kelly, was absolutely priceless. It was a look of total disbelief.
Those in the media have never demonstrated toward
any other president the level of disrespect they show toward President Trump. Reagan and both Bushs were the recipients of
some but compared to Trump it was nothing.
Barry ‘O’ would never have put up with such disrespect and while conservatives
reporters asked tough questions to him never showed utter contempt and
disrespect for the office. The precedence being set here is you can’t openly
show contempt and disrespect and sill expect to be treated in a professional
manner. You reap what you sow.
There is a total and complete lack of civility not
only in the media today, but in general.
And it is those in the media to seem to think that the rules for
civility simply don’t apply whenever dealing with President Trump, anyone on
his staff and even those who support him.
And I’m guessing Baier has no problem with that, again, as long as it in
any way deals with Trump. The behavior
of those in the media is now very much out of control. And frankly I’m glad Trump gives it right
back to them! Other presidents just took the abuse with no response, that’s no
longer the case.
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