Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Supercut: 2024’s Most Mortifying Media Moments

If there is a trend we've discovered over the last 8 years of creating this year-end compilations, it's the corporate media's increasingly transparent desperation to ensure Americans obey our self-appointed philosopher kings - Tom Elliott 
And it's probably for this reason that trust in the media collapsed this year to historic lows...
So don't blame us when you notice that most of this year's most mortifying media moments are political. Their obsession is not something we're able to cure...
  1.  ...In July someone at the White House had the bright idea of labeling viral clips of Biden's dementia as "cheap fakes." Being cheap fakes themselves, the thought manipulators at CNN/MSNBC/etc. all dutifully began employing this term themselves.
  1. In an attempted "gotcha," CNN's British reporter, Donie O'Sullivan visited Trump rallies and interviewed MAGA voters about their thoughts on "democracy." When Mr. Sullivan was corrected that the United States is a republic, not a democracy, O'Sullivan became incredulous, reaching to "experts" like Anne Applebaum to explain that anyone who disagrees with progressives' contemporary notion of the United States being a pure democracy are themselves fringe cranks hellbent on "attacking democracy."
  1. Trying to breathe enthusiasm into Kamala's comatosed candidacy, professionals of journalism volunteered as hype men at the DNC Convention, informing viewers the energy inside was absolutely electric. Ultimately when it came time to manufacture ratings for Kamala's primetime address, CNNMSDNCABCBS circulated rumors of an imminent Beyonce performance ... but the beehive was not to be, and that DNC fable turned out to be just as fake as the crowds they were paying to attend Kamala's rallies...

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