Monday, October 21, 2019

Party like it's 2016

A thoroughly routine top of the homepage for the Fair 'n' Balanced Network, you'll agree: a lead dose of Big Man journalism, a clickbaiting commentary masquerading as news, and a passive blast at the Enemy of the People. It is, however, the third day in a row in which two of the top three stories have been about Hillary Clinton.

Now, sure, Smokey the Bear is going to challenge the idea that the "feud" had ever entirely gone out, and if you had "What is three right-wing tweets?" for "Constitutes a 'blast' when aimed at the Failing Times," you can pick the next category at Jeopardy. But the previous two days -- that's Saturday around 11 p.m.  at upper right and Sunday around 8:30 a.m. at lower right -- suggest that Fox at least has a good idea of who constitutes the Main Enemy these days.

There is, believe it or not, still a world out there. The Canada story (Trudeau expected to hang on) is hanging in there at
No. 6, but does it seem a little odd that Fox -- given its devotion to the idea that Donald Trump is the Most Pro-Israel President EVAR  -- can't find a way to fit Netanyahu's inability to form a government into the upper agenda-setting ranks. Perhaps they don't like the specter of "Post-Cult Trauma Syndrome."

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