Like several, I watched a good bit of the Blinken "roast" yesterday. [View all]
It was unremarkable for it's format, the usual. Democrats ask the secretary questions and listen to answers for 5 minutes the Republicans then rave and throw lie-turds for 5 minutes.
I know this because I saw it live. But what about others? Like those discerning folks who are looking for a solid report but were unable to peruse the live format? I'm betting many of those discerning folks went to NPR's "All Things Considered" for an accurate look at the facts. If they did, they were needlessly misinformed and may not even realize they were misinformed.
NPR spent about 5 minutes focusing in on the hearing. Then a most peculiar thing happened. They only had one person interviewed for content and perspective. Unbelievably, it was a Republican who had been one of the turd tossers who gave his wholly incredible take on the proceedings. With never so much as a question to test credibility he got his air time. Time to irrevocably pervert the public intake of knowledge on this matter.
It will be no wonder come November 2022 that our prospects of returning sanity to DC are challenged more severely than we anticipate if unbiased media is not known to be available anywhere. It is the self-defeating aspect of total tribalism.
If there is none but "our own" whom we can trust to tell us the lies we want to believe, then any rumor of doubtful loyalty will result in a predictable chaos of exclusive ranks closed ever tighter. The threshold for secure membership will have grown more narrow and arcane.
That's what the GOP is going through now due to Trumpism's dubious and unhinged foundations. Without a basis of common truths, it could soon be our fate as well. And the only possible escape is more tribalism. Vote like a village!
= new reply since forum marked as read