The problem isn’t that we have a partisan press. The problem is that we have a partisan press where the left half (3/4?) has convinced a sizable portion of the population that they’re actually down the middle.”

Agreed on both points.

And the press, more importantly, has convinced itself that it is “down the middle” (as Dan Rather said of the NY Times to Bernie Goldberg some years ago).

Which is what got them all riled up about Elon’s tweet of this meme:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519735033950470144

True…but also that everything and anything to the right of them is Deplorable BS and Insurrectionist conspiracy theory….

Speaking of wacky theorizing, since the Democrats and their fellow travelers have essentially dragged us through the looking glass, “conspiracy theory” has, as is being increasingly noticed, just another word for “accurate”.

For a fairly “decent” overview of this, um, shift:
“Whitney: The Plan To Wreck America”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whitney-plan-wreck-america

Heh…and as if that’s not enough, Canada, having apparently gotten bored with exporting freezing arctic blasts to its good neighbour to the south has embarked on sending something else…a bit different….
“Canadian ‘Super Pigs’ About To Invade US, Unleash Major Damage”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/canadian-super-pigs-about-invade-us-and-unleash-major-damage
Ah…that on-so-refreshing Canadian sense of camaraderie…and humour!

I actually like McCarthy’s move here. If he publicly released all of the footage to all news outlets, the bits that counter the “insurrection” narrative would have been pushed out to NR, Fox News, and the like. By making Fox News the only show in town (at least temporarily), the right’s narrative will have a chance to catch up to the left’s “insurrection” narrative, or at least gain a little ground.

The problem isn’t that we have a partisan press. The problem is that we have a partisan press where the left half (3/4?) has convinced a sizable portion of the population that they’re actually down the middle.

File under: Ship of Thugs.

Well, and the rest of the post too.

Corporate media titans are extremely concerned that 41,000 hours of previously unreleased video from the January 6 riots have been made available to an ideological news organization with a political agenda primarily because they believe the material should be made available to their ideological news organizations with a political agenda.

It’s right there in the Constitution.
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The Washington Post appeared to be previously disinterested in gaining access to videos beyond those carefully scrubbed by the January 6 Committee prosecutors. Here’s a search to see how demanding The Washington Post has been.
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Note how that first entry, reflecting the sudden interest, is worded.

After Tucker Carlson given Jan. 6 tapes…

Yes, “after.”

Before?
Not so much.
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You can tell that while they are deeply concerned about the inherent complexities involved in moving cameras around, there are even more serious issues afoot:

They might be forced to move around the plot points in their carefully crafted television series.
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The reason there are conspiracy theories about the attack is because the government was withholding information, and nature hates a vacuum.

The corporate media seemed to be perfectly okay with that.

Until now.
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Here’s a little secret only we Washington insiders are privy to.

The location of security cameras in the building are as follows:
1. Everywhere.

You’re welcome.
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They apparently figured out over the course of the week that they were not going to shame McCarthy into, I don’t know, un-releasing the video to Carlson, so they thought they might as well try to get ahead of the curve so they could preserve as best they could the tale they have already weaved and maybe even preempt whatever explosive findings Carlson might dig up.

This very well might end up being a big fat nothingburger in the end. After all, people in power (that is, people who have something to lose) tend to be reflexively secretive.

However, it seems like those same people in power – the ones who have seen the footage we haven’t – are awfully concerned we’re going to get our chance.

And people who have nothing to hide typically aren’t.

Can we get that on a t-shirt?

It’s only Monday!
(Well, Tuesday now, but…)