Gavin Newsom’s laughable gripe about conservative media bias

"Information change into secondary to narrative. They dominate with phantasm," California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed.
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You need to admire the chutzpah of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ludicrously claimed final weekend that Democrats have been at a drawback as a result of conservative media controls the story. Actually!

“These guys are ruthless on the opposite aspect. Ruthless on the opposite aspect,” Newsom stated. “That prime-time lineup by Fox, they're ruthless. They dominate a very powerful factor in American politics as we speak, and that’s the narrative. Information change into secondary to narrative. They dominate with phantasm. We're getting crushed.”

It’s the final word in projection. On story after story, the media comply with Democratic speaking factors to the letter. Asking for younger kids to not be taught about intercourse turns into “Don’t say homosexual.” Crime-ridden Democratic cities? They’re not that dangerous, the press says.

As Put up columnist Michael Goodwin identified on Sunday, nowhere is that this extra true than with immigration. The media have ignored or minimized the flood of unlawful migrants, and ask no laborious questions on President Biden’s open-border insurance policies.

Authorities take away a physique from a Brea, California, 7-Eleven after a clerk was fatally shot on July 11.

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When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis despatched 50 migrants to Martha’s Winery to show a degree, it “backfired,” the media stated. “After migrants arrived in Martha’s Winery, a neighborhood gathered to welcome them,” stated NPR.

Welcome them … for one afternoon. Then they have been all shipped off by ferry to a army base. It was an ideal instance of privileged hypocrisy, however reporters rapidly spun it as a victory.

“Dominate with phantasm”? What world are you dwelling in, Gavin? Oh, that’s proper, California: residence of $5.80-a-gallon gasoline (versus the nationwide common of $3.73); a state with a murder charge that has risen 9.1% this yr whilst arrests have fallen 7%; a spot the place they're delaying the discharge of pupil take a look at scores till after the November elections as a result of they're anticipated to be horrific.

Fuel costs at a Los Angeles Shell station surpass $7 per gallon.

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Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho holds a press convention in regards to the sharp decline in pupil take a look at scores and hacking of LAUSD methods.

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This isn’t a story that wants inventing; you probably did it your self. You’re simply mad that there’s one station on cable tv — only one — that received’t spin these failures for you. Democrats solely have CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, the New York Instances, the Washington Put up, MSNBC …

You’re proper about one factor, although, Gavin: You're getting crushed.