Ocasio-Cortez’s Media Attacks Are Constructive Criticism, Trump’s a Dire Attack on Our Democracy

Think of the media as democratic operatives with bylines and it all makes sense.

David Rutz:

“…If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) had any concern her frequent attacks on the media were alienating anyone outside of Fox News, she need only watch five minutes of CNN on Sunday to be relieved.

In a segment that was almost dizzying in its contradictions and apologia, here’s what we learned: Spew bromides about journalism being the foundation of democracy, and you can attack, obfuscate and bungle the facts to your heart’s content. Helps to be a Democrat, too, of course.

On CNN’s corporate media defense hour “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter and a decidedly unbalanced panel discussed Ocasio-Cortez’s social media power, as well as the attention she attracts and her frequent barbs at the press who question her. My colleague Alex Griswold has already outlined the reason she keeps getting fact-checked: she says lots of incorrect things that need to be fact-checked…”

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Doug Santo