My iPhone has a news app that collects top stories of the day. One part of the app lists the top four stories from selected websites. I noticed an interesting trend. After 8 years of wall-to-wall Obama stories, suddenly they seem to have lost their interest in politics. In fact, it’s almost like they’re intentionally trying to distract their readers (and viewers) from what’s actually happening. So I started taking screenshots
Let’s look, shall we?
On January 26th the big story was the Trump Administration’s firing of all the top leadership at the State Department, even before a SecState was sworn in and able to fill the roles. CNN led with it, and so did the Washington Post. What was the big story at Fox? Drew Carey’s son at a protest. Not even Drew Carey. His son. SQUIRREL!
Next we have the travel ban, news blaring everywhere, 24/7. Well, almost everywhere. On Fox, the lead was a local Missouri story. SQUIRREL!
Conway makes up the Bowling Green attack, Trump tries to pin Yemen on Obama, and DeVos’s idiocy threatens her appointment. What’s the headline at Fox? The next iPhone. SQUIRREL!
The lead story in the WaPo is something that happened on Fox News.The lead story on Fox News is another local crime story. SQUIRREL!
Trump’s own SC nominee pushes back, he tweets about Nordstroms for his daughter’s profit, and what’s on Fox? A comedian’s sex life. SQUIRREL!
Trump’s a liar and he attacks veterans. On Fox? Another celebrity’s sex life. SQUIRREL!
Trump has a press conference universally panned as “unhinged.” Well, not universally. At fox, they’re talking about yet another celebrity’s sex life. SQUIRREL!
A CIA analyst quits, impeachment, and Sweden. On Fox? ‘There wasn’t a shooting.’ Seriously, “news” that something didn’t happen. SQUIRREL!
Republicans hide from their constituents, Conway insults feminism, and hey, look, more celebrity sex. SQUIRREL!
Some people think, if we could just get the news out, people would understand just how bad Trump is. What they don’t understand, though, is we can get it out as much as we want, but a very large segment of the population won’t see it. They’ll get celebrity sex, celebrity kids, and SQUIRREL!