Gotta respect the bald moral deciduousness of pretending to be scandalized by the DNC chair saying rude things about Republicans in the same week an elected House GOP member called Democrats "pro-pedophile." https://t.co/F6xIrdLqOC
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
Good for Jaime Harrison. Hot-Take Josh should be listed as a major in-kind donor on the RNC’s balance sheets.
Of course, his defense would be But I’m just doin’ it for the lulz social media klout!
Or lol Hillary's "gaffe" about the basket of deplorables? Or Obama's "cling to guns and religion" and "you didn't build that"?
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
Guys like Josh (and a lot of the Republican professional class) don’t like to be made to feel uncomfortable by the reality of what they’re enabling and get very offended when you point that out
— Jay (@jdbatts79) April 6, 2022
I've never seen Kraushaar offer an analysis that wasn't just a naked expression of his own preferences. It's honestly kind of impressive.
— Merkin Muffley (@MerkinMuffley5) April 6, 2022
The clicks were so easy when the former guy was running the news cycle with 200+ tweets per day and an unlimited White House corruption buffet with carryout boxes for later book material
— Tweetmonger™️ (@DwayneFuhlhage) April 6, 2022
Basically this. Journalists either knowingly launder bad-faith Republican complaints into weeklong debates or they're so naive that they shouldn't be covering politics. https://t.co/zIDjcwk7IP
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
When fascists are doing it,
Hypocrisy is just advertising. pic.twitter.com/tJPbcdyhNO— SirFox (@DemonBob_Badman) April 6, 2022
RSA
Seems like an evergreen Republican tactic to me.
sab
NPR ( or at least All Things Considered) has been relentlessly “alleged russian war crimes” like anyone else was doing that mayhem and random murder.
Baud
I look forward to the Four Pinocchios that will be given because there is no evidence that Cotton literally is infested with maggots.
Josie
I sincerely hope that Jaime is just getting started.
trollhattan
@sab: Well, you see, they have to play it cautious because they might otherwise sway the juro…wait, it’s not that kind of crime you chickenshits!
“Full disclosure, Gazprom is an NPR funder.”
laura
I cannot spot the lie in Jaime Harrison’s comments regarding bag of maggots Tom Cotton and the entirety of the Republican Party and their embrace of fascism. I applaud his salty comments! Here we’ve lost a voice unafraid to call bullshit on the current state of the media with the accidental death of Eric Boehlert, and bottom feeding what abouters like Josh carry on carrying water for his preferred party. Just not fair.
Another Scott
NPR ATC was yet another example of our media failure just this evening. A story on abortion laws and access and what Oregon is doing to undo the effects of gutting Roe.
This is Katia Riddle’s story about it – not quite a transcript, but close. But listen to Ailsa Chang’s introduction to the story (in the blue audio link above the picture).
(Roughly) These states are doing this, and this state is doing this, and that state is doing that. “Meanwhile, neighboring Oregon, like other liberal states, …” (starting at 0:20 in the 4:41 audio link).
No mention at all in her introduction that the GQP is ramming all of these blatantly unconstitutional laws through their legislatures and having GQP governors sign them.
And it looks like these introductory framing segments don’t get included in the text of the stories. And like the headlines, it sets the tone for the reader as to what they’re expected to take from it as being important.
Chang also has a verbal tick that drives me nuts – she way over emphasizes numbers: “MILLIONS” “THOUSANDS” “BILLIONS”. It’s almost comical, in an annoying way.
Katia Riddle’s story is a good (as in well done) one and well worth a listen.
Grr…,
Scott.
trollhattan
@Baud: At the very least, give Tom Cotton xrays, a CT scan, an MRI and full anal probe before declaring he does not, in fact, have maggots. One cannot be too sure.
CarolPW
@Baud: One would have to dissect him find the evidence. I’m in favor.
apocalipstick
When it comes to Tom Cotton, nobody’s description has ever bested Charles Pierce’s:
“Bobble-throated slap-dick.”
geg6
@Baud:
I dunno, but maybe he is infested with maggots. Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to!
JPL
@CarolPW: true. During the hearing today for the General Counsel of the CIA, he wished her older children the best since they would have to deal with the new addition to the family. The older children are four and maybe seven, but I’m not sure. The nominee is due any day
most children are excited about a new addition to the family, but that idea must be foreign to Cotton
JPL
@geg6: Definitely.
debbie
@Baud:
I’d bet he’s infested with something far worse. //
SpaceUnit
Never heard of Josh Kraushaar but fuck him in the ear.
Splitting Image
@geg6:
I think it’s more likely that his fruit cellar is infested with maggots. Tom Cotton seems to me like the sort of person who would murder his own mother, embalm her, and keep her around the house to talk to.
Kathleen
@laura: I’m devastated. I subscribed to Press Run and will miss his voice and the community there. A fierce warrior for democracy.
Nelle
@laura: I just read about Eric’s death and know we’ve lost an important voice. I’m not often stopped by news anymore (not cynical, but not surprised). This death has stopped me.
Danielx
Gosh, I’ve heard a lot of stuff about how Matt Gaetz likes to fuck underage girls. Would it be unethical to say, supposing I was a Villager (FSM forbid), “well, it’s out there, it would be irresponsible not to speculate?”
Shalimar
apocalipstick
@JPL: Was that an appropriate topic of discussion for children of that age? Might his sexual discussion make their parents “uncomfortable”?
Danielx
More bad news, Eric Boehlert dead.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/04/eric-boehlert
geg6
@laura:
OMG, I am crushed by this. Eric Boehlert is probably my most favorite talking head and I read everything I can find of his. Bloggers on the Bus was a terrific read back in those heady days. Damn. And that Rupert Murdoch still besmirches the planet. It is just another blow to the idea that there is any sort of benevolent god.
Grum Grumby
@apocalipstick: Charlie Pierce comes up with the best ones!
Kelly
@Danielx: Hit by a train. Damn.
John Prine Bruised Orange(Chain of Sorrow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iyyhnNIKe4&ab_channel=JohnPrine-Topic
kalakal
At least one death today improved the world. Vladimir “Mad Vlad” Zhirinovsky’s loathsome existence was ended by Covid. A man who advocated enslaving all non Russians in countries adjoining Russia and dealing with Russia’s nuclear waste by piling it up on their western boarder and turning on some very big fans amongst his many repellent policy ideas.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/vladimir-zhirinovsky-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
zhena gogolia
@kalakal: Wow, I hadn’t heard that. Nil nisi bonum and all that //
SFAW
@zhena gogolia:
If I remember correctly “De mortuis nil nisi bonum” translates, for people like Zhirinovsky (and the entire Rethug Partei), as “He’s dead? Good.”
NB: I have never studied Latin. Although I have attempted to “study” various Latinas — does that count?
phdesmond
@zhena gogolia:
there was a variant a century ago or so: de mortuis nihil nisi bunkum.
delk
Cotton is also infested with boll weevils.
Brachiator
A long life, and so many memorable roles. Peace.
Miss Bianca
@RSA: ICWYDT
Nicely done!
zhena gogolia
@Brachiator: Don’t forget Bobby Rydell.
Brachiator
@zhena gogolia:
Yep. Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol, age 79
He was fun in “Bye Bye, Birdie.”
zhena gogolia
@Brachiator: Yes.