Fizzles, Fears, AND Flip-Flops

[excalibur]

In the matter of a few days the MSM once again beclowned themselves.

Breathless reports about refusals with headline, then in the matter of a few days, no headlines.

Between Monday and when the statement was signed on Thursday, trad-media ran scores of breathless stories about European and Asian countries “standing up to Trump.” For three days, foreign leaders competed to defy the American president using the strongest possible language, and media wrote glowing elegies to each and every statement of defiance as they rolled off the tickers. NBC:

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Ha. “Never” only lasted two days. By Thursday, Reuters published a short, stenographic piece with this bland headline (Note how the headline didn’t include the words “reversal” or “back-tracked” or “Trump Always Wins”):

Indeed, neither the Reuters article about the joint statement —or any of the other minimal coverage— quoted the leaders’ previous statements of defiance, even though you’d think those would provide both engagement value and needed context.

The New York Times ran a front-page headline about the refusal— but not even one dedicated piece on the reversal (it was lumped into a “live blog”). NBC ran two separate stories and a TODAY Show segment on the rebuke— but nothing standalone on the 22 countries signing up. The Guardian published an editorial and an opinion column urging Europe to resist— then barely noticed when Europe stopped resisting.

Come on. The story “three days after refusing, 22 nations sign up” practically writes itself. The fact that nobody wrote it proves that the editorial decision was deliberate. The original “allies refuse Trump” story served the narrative. The subsequent “allies reverse themselves” story would have undermined it. So the first got the spotlight, and the other got the wire service treatment.

The truth they didn’t want to report was that Trump’s pressure worked. And it worked fast. It was classic: He made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. But reporters stubbornly refused to write that story. Fine. Be that way, you ninnies. It doesn’t matter anymore, because we now have Substack and coffee blogs.​

☕️ FIZZLES, FEARS, AND FLIP-FLOPS☙ Monday, March 23, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠

Macron's 'never' lasted 48 hours. Palestine condemned Iran. Hamas is 'considering' disarmament. Zelensky raced to Mar-a-Lago. And nobody is connecting the dots— because it would make Trump look good.

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[1srelluc]

You can't hate the leftist media enough.

 

[luiza]

In the matter of a few days the MSM once again beclowned themselves.

Breathless reports about refusals with headline, then in the matter of a few days, no headlines.

Why are you surprised that scripted Theatre is Theatrical ?
You cannot have a decent mystery without a few surprises .

Except they are all entirely predictable to those that watch carefully .
It's standard script writing built around publishing dead lines .
Pattern recognition .