Noonan shows what's rotten in journalism
Peggy Noonan's column's premise is loony. We are going to impeach a president for talking to an ally. The headline reflected the Elmer Fudd nature of Washington's latest plot.
Peggy Noonan and her newspaper are entitled to their opinion. But their opinion is based on this week's latest hysteria she is experiencing in her bubble in Washington, where only 6% of the people voted for the man who won the presidency.
There is no place in America more out of touch with the country than Washington because no place had such a small percentage who voted for the president. The nation went one direction, Washington went the other.
She began her column with a fantasy of someone punching the president. I will set aside the irresponsibility of a newspaper advocating violence, but maybe someone at the Secret Service should remind them of this.
The fact that she is openly rooting for Warren and mocking the legitimate complaints about her (as well as the idea that America is great) is another reminder that conservatives need not bother to apply in big journalism. The Pulitzered ones like her and George Will put on a good show when Clinton and Obama were president. But when a real conservative shows up -- one who slashes regulations and taxes -- Noonan and Will opposed him.
That is one thing that is rotten in journalism: only one side is properly represented.
Another thing that is rotten in journalism is the lack of a policy debate. Donald Trump presented ideas in 2016 that resonated with the people (except 94% of Washington, of course). He called for ending illegal immigration, ending abortion, and ending the globalism that has made the world less safe for the masses while enriching the 1%.
Those are things of substance. Let us talk about them. Sanders vs. Trump would have been a better contest because it would have pitted socialism against capitalism. Instead Democrats tried to win by laying on a guilt trip about never having a woman president before.
Journalists like Noonan concentrate on style, not substance because that is how propagandists operate. They play on emotions.
Her support of this week's cry for impeachment ("The charges are serious and credible," she wrote) showed another thing that is rotten in journalism: a lack of skepticism. How is the Democrat cry for impeaching the president over a phone call serious?
Well she answered it by showing yet another thing that is rotten in journalism: dishonesty.
Noonan wrote, "The charge is that the American president went to the leader of Ukraine and invited him to take part in the 2020 presidential election by investigating one of the president’s likely competitors. Mr. Trump might have added pressure by delaying U.S. aid."
Nothing of the sort happened. There was no invitation. And unlike Biden (with Obama's backing), President Donald Trump did not withhold a billion bucks in aid unless it did his bidding.
My source is Vice President Joe Biden himself. That is what he said. The prosecutor was digging into the corrupt company that hired his son for $50,000 a month for a no show job.
I offer as proof not Alex Jones or some You Tuber
but the Wall Street Journal itself. That her editors failed to correct her inaccuracies informs me that the truth is a secondary concern there.
