The mainstream media is always strutting and preening while telling the nation that they alone "speak truth to power." It's a nice act, even if it is completely untrue.
I was struck by that thought when I read the latest screed from Washington Post "pundit" Eugene Robinson. His piece is called "Who In the Republican Party Will Stand Up To Trump?" The substance of Robinson's opinion is that Trump will run over the GOP congressional leadership and get his way on policy unless the wiser men in the party stand up and stop him. In other words, Robinson is just pushing another delusional bit of nonsense.
Think about it. Robinson is worried that "Trump promised the ridiculous border wall, and I believe he will expect Congress to let him build it." One has to wonder what the point of an election actually is according to Robinson. Trump campaigned for more than a year on his promise to build a wall and the American people then elected him president. Doesn't it stand to reason that the voters expect Trump will build that wall? Shouldn't the GOP members of Congress honor the choice made by the voters? According to Robinson, the answer is no. You see, according to Robinson and the others like him, voter choices need to be honored only if those choices are victories for the Democrats. When the GOP wins, its policies must be put aside. Eight years ago, when the Democrats and Obama won big, all we heard for two years was "elections have consequences." That was correct. It is also correct in the context of the 2016 election. No matter what hysteria gets pushed by so called pundits like Robinson, the GOP and Trump are going to enact as much of their program as possible. All the ruinous policies put in place by Obama and the Democrats are going to be jettisoned. That's the simple truth.
So I wonder. The media doesn't speak truth to power. It's more like it spouts Democrat propaganda to everyone. But, is there anyone in the mainstream media who will stand up for the truth?
I was struck by that thought when I read the latest screed from Washington Post "pundit" Eugene Robinson. His piece is called "Who In the Republican Party Will Stand Up To Trump?" The substance of Robinson's opinion is that Trump will run over the GOP congressional leadership and get his way on policy unless the wiser men in the party stand up and stop him. In other words, Robinson is just pushing another delusional bit of nonsense.
Think about it. Robinson is worried that "Trump promised the ridiculous border wall, and I believe he will expect Congress to let him build it." One has to wonder what the point of an election actually is according to Robinson. Trump campaigned for more than a year on his promise to build a wall and the American people then elected him president. Doesn't it stand to reason that the voters expect Trump will build that wall? Shouldn't the GOP members of Congress honor the choice made by the voters? According to Robinson, the answer is no. You see, according to Robinson and the others like him, voter choices need to be honored only if those choices are victories for the Democrats. When the GOP wins, its policies must be put aside. Eight years ago, when the Democrats and Obama won big, all we heard for two years was "elections have consequences." That was correct. It is also correct in the context of the 2016 election. No matter what hysteria gets pushed by so called pundits like Robinson, the GOP and Trump are going to enact as much of their program as possible. All the ruinous policies put in place by Obama and the Democrats are going to be jettisoned. That's the simple truth.
So I wonder. The media doesn't speak truth to power. It's more like it spouts Democrat propaganda to everyone. But, is there anyone in the mainstream media who will stand up for the truth?
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