Erick Erickson:
Did you hear the one about how everyone around Trump thinks he is an idiot and they’re pondering what to do if he pushes the button to launch nukes?
Yeah, I heard that one too long before Gabe Sherman wrote about it. It was in the conversations on social media of leftists horrified by what has happened.
I don’t doubt that Sherman has a source. He seems to have very good sources. But I do wonder about that source as I wonder about many of the sources reporters are using today. There is a familiar pattern of telling the left exactly what they want to hear and already believe and then a retraction afterwards.
Take the story about the mass resignations of Obama era personnel at the State Department during the inaugural. It fit exactly what the left’s fever dreams demanded. Only then it was retracted.
Take the recent story about Barack Obama warning Mark Zuckerberg about fake news and Russia. Only the Russia part was not true and had to be retracted.
Take the CNN story that the FBI Director would say President Trump is a target of the investigation. Only he did not say that and CNN had to retract it.
The list of stories is continuous and daily. Reporters have sources who tell them exactly what the left wants to hear and what we are getting is not news, but Resistance Fan Fiction — stories of worlds based on progressive dreams. Today there’s the story of Trump ridiculing Pence to Pence’s face about abortion and gay marriage. It’s the perfect story with anonymous sources designed to mock Trump’s base telling people what they want to hear. But is it true? I wouldn’t be surprised, but is it?
According to the MRC, Trump has gotten far more media coverage, especially about his scandals, than Clinton has. In fact, it’s so lopsided, that 91% of the coverage on Trump has been nothing but negative.
It sets you up to believe he is unpopular, their Polls must be correct.
Next up we have a renowned psychiatrist from a famous university. If you look they may have been the one who came up with 50 additional genders, and or have been on Hillary’s campaign team.
Sources when they do trot them out are never ever non biased.
NBC and CNN are now in competition to be the top fake news network but as soon as one comes up with a new lie CBS and ABC are willing to source them.
Remember when the press and most liberals/progressives mocked Mike Pence for insisting he wouldn’t be alone around women other than his own wife?
Now, the men of all sides of the aisle are copying his standard.
It is simply the wise course.
It protects men from their own temptations but also from the amoral women who might make stuff up just to ruin them.
The mocking has stopped.
@Nanny G: It also protects men from false accusations.
Hopefully, Rich reads this story. Perhaps Greg and AJ, too. The left is absolutely desperate due to their hopeless position.