Commentary

Earlier this month, Rasmussen Reports announced that 47 percent of likely U.S. voters said that, when it comes to getting political news, it has become harder to find accurate news that they can trust. 

Frankly, it didn’t surprise me.

After all, we just experienced the biggest media scandal in politics, with the leftist media enabling the cover-up of President Biden’s diminished mental capacity by his administration.

Incidentally, did you notice the lack of interest by Democrats in the House hearing on the use of an autopen in the Biden administration?

While the distrust in the mainstream media is understood, I worry that people are beginning to place too much trust in social media.  Pew Research reports that about a third of U.S. adults say they regularly get news from either Facebook or You Tube and that 54 percent of U. S. adults say they at least sometimes get news from social media.

Then there’s the continued negative press over anything dealing with President Trump, despite his incredible openness with the media, and his overwhelming election victory last November.

Commenting on the Media Research Center announcement that 98 percent of the coverage of President Trump was negative in his first four months, Washington Examiner media critic Joe Concha said it had little impact.

In his commentary, Concha wrote how far host Katie Couric had fallen since her days as anchor with all three major television networks, noting that she failed to challenge the egregious remark by Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett about supporters of President Trump being sick. A statement that closely resembled Hillary Clinton’s 2016 “basket of deplorables” insult.

Couric also allowed Crockett’s assertion that President Biden’s cognitive abilities were “supreme” compared to Trump’s, go without a challenge.

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… MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, who was so exhausted at Day 52 of Trump’s presidency that he needed to take a week off, commented upon his return that Trump’s suggestion that he should nominate himself as chair of the Federal Reserve – obviously said in jest – was “indicative of dementia.”

Claiming the president  “has no idea what he’s talking about, whenever he talks, “how will we know if Donald Trump gets dementia.”

Chuck Todd, formerly the short-term host of NBC’s Meet the Press, now hosts The Chuck ToddCast, on which he tries to secure newsworthy interviews that will be quoted on the media.

However, his recent description of Donald Trump as one of the most influential and transformative figures in American history was largely ignored.

I haven’t watched Meet the Press since it was anchored by Tim Russert. The show is now hosted by Kirsten Welker, known for her “gotcha” ambush interviews. Face the Nation‘s Margaret Brennan has now twice failed in her attempt to stump Secretary of State Rubio.

Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, a John McCain wannabe, told Welker “The Iranians were not in the process of developing a weapon,” citing his year and a half service on the intelligence committee.

While Kelly said, “I find it interesting that the person without combat experience is often the first person to want to drop a bomb,” I find it interesting that Kelly thought it appropriate to insult the president, who has been promoting peace through strength for years, while “Afghan Joe Biden” entangled us in two conflicts.

Jon Stewart, host of the “The Daily Show,” on Comedy Central, poked fun at Trump over his inability to negotiate with Iran, saying, “Weren’t we about to make a deal? Wasn’t our dealmaker-in-chief making a deal to keep Iran from enriching uranium?

Stephen A. Smith, known for his sports commentary on ESPN, has lately been commenting on the political scene with a centrist position.  He recently fired a salvo at the NAACP for its decision to snub President Trump from its convention, breaking a 116-year tradition of inviting sitting presidents to speak.

Citing Trump as “the most powerful, the most influential member of the GOP since 2015, Smith called the decision counterproductive to its stated mission of advocating for the disenfranchised.”

Appearing on MSNBC, Richard Stengel, who served as undersecretary of state for public affairs in the Obama administration, made the ridiculous claim that the Iranian chants of “death to America,” were made in a “peaceful manner.”  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who flies over the riots in her city, should consider Stengel to be her spokesperson

My friends, I’ve just scratched the surface on recent media opinion.  In the days ahead, the president’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites will be questioned by “experts” from both parties.

Finally, in a poll conducted by CNN, just 16 percent of respondents say Democrats have strong leaders and only 19 percent say they could get things done.  Just who are these leaders?

They need to go back and read my quote from New York Times columnist David Brooks, who said, “I want to tell them (Democrats) the problem is not the party leaders.  The problem is you.  That’s up to you, my friends, not Chuck Schumer.”

May God continue to bless the United States of Am