Diary of disturbing disinformation and vulnerable delusions
This headline:
“For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’” — The New York Times, Thursday
We say: Boy, do nan Times and its writers dislike America!
In a “news analysis,” Erica L. Green and Maya King argue that nan predetermination proves Americans would alternatively elite personification arsenic supposedly horrible arsenic Donald Trump “than nonstop a female of colour to nan White House.”
Never mind runaway inflation, nan unfastened separator and onslaught of migrants or a world aflame. Talk astir myopic!
This praise:
“This really was a historical flawlessly tally campaign.” — MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Tuesday
We say: Flawlessly run? Please. Reid blames voters for Kamala Harris’ nonaccomplishment alternatively than Harris herself.
She says achromatic women grounded to measurement up and cites nan trouble of a achromatic female moving for president.
Indeed, Reid argues, Harris had “every salient celebrity” backing her — arsenic if that’s nan correct measurement to gain votes.
Sorry, Joy. Harris was an atrocious campaigner who couldn’t take sides her disastrous record and grounded to show really she’d make things amended for Americans.
Voters weren’t remotely nan problem.
This column:
“Women Won’t Let Trump Turn nan US Into Iran” — Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg, Tuesday
We say: Need a meaning of Trump Derangement Syndrome?
Try this: At Bloomberg, Francis Wilkinson someway sees nan communicative of a young female precocious hauled disconnected by authorities successful Iran for disrobing successful protestation of hijab laws arsenic a informing against “women’s subjugation” by Trump, MAGA and men in America.
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There’s not a scintilla of grounds of immoderate specified threat here. Here’s hoping Wilkinson gets nan thief he needs.
This analysis:
“A immense portion of nan communicative is . . . Elon Musk, who . . . is simply a disinformation propagandist.” — Ex-Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Tuesday
We say: Psaki, for illustration chap lefties, is furious Musk won’t fto them power nationalist debate and censor those they disagree pinch but alternatively has opened X to reside from anyone.
Memo to Psaki: Free reside is not “disinformation.” If you deliberation someone’s spreading lies connected X, consciousness free to station a correction.
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board