Some of corporate media as well as GOP-TV are not honest brokers, part infinity:
These are some of the descriptions of George Kent and Bill Taylor from Fox's prime time shows: "Two homeless guys." They "looked like people who sat by themselves at recess." And "self-important" bureaucrats. https://t.co/HHgFa0rSlb— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 14, 2019
Yup, stupid brainiacs who wasted all their time in low paid government jobs like war zone diplomat and US Army airborne officer when we all know the Real Patriots spend their time gulping Oxy and bullshitting for hours to old people on dying AM radio stations! You Tell ‘em Rush! https://t.co/r9rwuoBU2r— Mike Murphy (@murphymike) November 14, 2019
If you told someone forty years ago in the future one of these guys will be calling the other a nerd, how do you suppose they’d guess? pic.twitter.com/EiTkeUEVjo— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 14, 2019
(That's former Army Ranger and Ambassador William Taylor on the left, porcine non- veteran Rush Limbaugh on the right.)
Analysis: The first two witnesses called Wednesday testified to President Trump's scheme, but lacked the pizzazz necessary to capture public attention. https://t.co/1UfkaeZ3I4— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 14, 2019
yeah if only they’d shown a little leg, seriously what in the actual the hell is wrong with you— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 14, 2019
Very happy that your analyst wasn’t there to report on the Nuremberg Trials.— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) November 14, 2019
remember how we got Trump?— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) November 14, 2019
This is why we can’t have nice governments https://t.co/ZofuPrXZrY— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 14, 2019
You are horrible at your job.— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) November 14, 2019
Serious, detailed, hugely consequential confirmation that the President abused his office, but the cinematography could have been better https://t.co/jeb8ZXqiYC— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) November 14, 2019
The “It’s Too Boring/It’s Too Complicated” parlay was how they deep-sixes the Iran-Contra hearings, too.— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 14, 2019
I hope the next impeachment witness takes a moment to call the press losers and the enemy of the people. Reporters will then be falling all over themselves to kiss the witness’s ass.— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 14, 2019
BONUS: Silver Spring Bureau Chief Brian notes a satiric Onion article about this problem, with a hot take by a media "theater critic" awarding "Andrew Johnsons" for the hearing:
“They had the perfect opportunity in the third hour for a dramatic moment, but they totally blew it. If someone had produced a phone in a Ziploc bag, we would have bumped our rating up half of a Johnson for sure; however, it looks like the creators weren’t interested in taking risks. Frankly, if it weren’t for the costume designers behind George Kent’s bowtie, we wouldn’t have given the hearing any Andrew Johnsons at all. This is definitely something for the policy wonk, though casual viewers shouldn’t waste their time.”That's about where we are with some of these puerile media.
BONUS II: Aaron Rupar has a good read on the subject.
