Six months ago, Mount Donald blew MAGA magma at “lamestream’ (i.e. non-Foxified) media in general, and especially at NBC and MSNBC. For no stated reason, the prolifically indicted Former Lout smeared them as “corrupted and dishonest” (as if he were a paragon of probity!).
Should he regain power, he vowed to have them “thoroughly scrutinized.” (Shades of Big Brother’s evil eye, watching. Sad.)
Enter the former (and perhaps future) Ronna Romney McDaniel. Reportedly at the behest of said volcano, she opted to drop her original surname; as Ronna [Trump-Truncated] McDaniel, she helmed the Republican National Committee while it officially whitewashed the J6 siege as “legitimate political discourse.” (Shame.)
On CNN last July, she claimed she’d done no such thing. Even the generally right-leaning Chris Wallace had the spine to hold her feet to the fire and belie her. (By stark contrast, what does that say about the new, McDaniel-feting, evidently Fox-aping NBC?)
So now the network suits anoint her commentator. Not a great choice. (Next, will they pick Kyle Rittenhouse to explain firearm safety?)
Trying to move on, should we boycott? If so, do we have a decent fallback option?
Granted, CNN decries its rival’s embrace of her. On the other hand, in 2022, Ted Turner’s brainchild axed the quintessentially moderate Brian Stelter (likely for waxing, in the CNN brass’s view, too progressive-cum-truthful).
Not to say too Trump-averse. (Oh, well.)
Better late than never, let’s get real. Healthcare professionals’ basic motto/caveat holds “FIRST, DO NO HARM.” With our body politic on life support or near it, McDaniel cannot provide good medicine. (Spoiler alert: she’s toxic. Diagnosis: dishonor AND imminent demise.)
The upshot isn’t complex. Rachel Maddow defines MSNBC’s mission as providing “useful information.” Smack on the face of it, McDaniel does the opposite.
Two codas. One, if sunlight is the best disinfectant, McDaniel’s manure can be no cure. Two, (quoting the Joe McCarthy-foiling Joseph Welch, aside to NBC’s powers-that-be): “HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?”
Indeed, have you no sense, period???