Monday, May 24, 2021

Right-Wing Media Cult War Brewing

 

In an apparent effort to draw more wingnut viewers from its competitors, the extreme Trump cult network, OAN is accusing Trump-boosting Newsmax of less than total loyalty to Dear Leader and of having a left-wing leaning history. A major crime committed by Newsmax: they referred to "President-elect Biden" six weeks after the election. They've already cast out Fux News as "left wing" for not bowing deeply enough to him, despite the constant cheerleading propaganda from the evening lineup of Carlson, Hannity and Ingraham, and elsewhere (e.g., "Fux and Friends").

It's a race to grab the largest slice of an extremist and often violent shrinking pie demographic, and the extreme OAN is going after their share with no hesitation about attacking their fellow Trump cultists as being disloyal. May they succeed in bringing each other down.