Rant for the day: Brian Stelter, can we stop giving right wing idiots an automatic mouthpiece?
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I am a subscriber and avid reader of Brian Stelter/Oliver Darcy's Reliable Sources column. I read Brian's book and think his critique of the media is very much needed today, though I do think his publicity for CNN items has gotten a little more frequent than it should and less so about other progressive sources.
But that said, he also gives regular coverage to what the dimwits at Fux, Newsmax and OAN are up to. To a certain point, it's a good thing. But last night's column led off with a way too long item about the latest right-wing faux outrage -- complaining about Disney's Bob Chapek and his trying to at first be nonpolitical about Florida's destructive anti-LGBTQ law and then, realizing the mistake in that, outright saying Disney will work to get it repealed. Of course, that didn't sit well with the faux experts like Tuckyo Carlson and Jesse (and former O'Reilly gofer) Watters. Not surprisingly the latter, of course, used the usual "woke" term (righties can't seem to think of any other words) to describe Disney.
Can we please stop making what these idiots say important? Disney will survive long into the future after Carlson and Watters change their stripes like WWE wrestlers, as righties usually do. Actually, the fact righties don't like Disney anymore is a good thing. All the more Disney history for us. (And yes, I'm a big Disney fan. Have missed going to Disney theme parks the last couple of years and it doesn't look like we'll be going this year either, though I hope that's wrong.)
Loudmouths like Watters and Carlson and the rest just live for attention from the other side. If they don't get it, they get all pissy. So can we please make them pissy?
Or should I say pissier?