Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This whine:
“My show . . . mattered. . . . Where I went hard . . . I’m not sorry.” — Former MSNBC host Joy Reid, Sunday
We say: Clearly Reid’s show, which MSNBC canned last weekend, mattered . . . to her.
For everyone else, it was a platform for a divisive, mean-spirited, generally unhinged radical who never met an over-the-top, GOP-slamming analogy she could resist.
And, like most MSNBC programming, it failed to garner more than a fraction of the viewers other networks get.
Reid may not be “sorry” for her despicable record, but only her fellow extremists will miss her.
Spot the difference:
“As Fox radicalizes . . . should it be a part of the White House press pool?” — CNN’s Brian Stelter, March 2021
vs.
We say: Could Stelter’s bias be any more obvious?
He mused about Team Biden kicking right-leaning outlets like Fox out of the White House press pool, but is miffed that Team Trump means to choose now.
Indeed, the entire mainstream press raised no objections when President Joe Biden chose his reporters and dissed those who challenged him, but screams as Trump exercises the same right to choose.
This gripe:
“96% of the [NYPD gang] database is made up of black and brown people. . . . Being in a gang is not a crime.” — NYC Councilwoman Althea Stevens, Monday
We say: Stevens wants to abolish the NYPD’s database of gang members’ names because it contains mostly minorities, but — hello? — so are most (96%) of the perps nabbed for shootings, as well as most (96%) of the shooting victims.
And though gang membership may not be a crime, a gangbanger won’t be in the database unless he or she has been involved with the criminal-justice system for serious crimes.
This warning:
“Who’s really being removed by ICE tonight? The child who would’ve discovered the cure for cancer . . . [or] stopped that asteroid that’s gonna hit us?” — Filmmaker Michael Moore, Tuesday
We say: Thank goodness Moore makes movies, not government policy.
By his logic, we should take in all comers, even terrorists, since one of them (or their kids) might do something good someday.
And, no, Michael: ICE is not deporting harmless kids: Most deportees are violent criminals.
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
