It happened. If only for a moment, it happened.
The very thing that so many of us thought we'd never see in our lifetime actually occurred. For about four beautiful, even if fleeting, moments in the White House briefing room on Friday, mainstream media reporters committed an intentional and impressive act of journalism. Real journalism.
Last week, I wrote about Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy's stellar appearance on CNN, where he systematically dressed down the media's continual dereliction of duty. Calling out veteran anchor Dana Bash for expecting him, a rival of Donald Trump, to ask questions about the government's prosecution of the former president, Ramaswamy made his point:
The job of the political media, if it has one job, is to hold the U.S. government accountable.
The observation is precisely correct, which is why it has been so frustrating and annoying to watch the eyes-covered, ears-plugged, mouth-corked, narrative-pushing media act as (1) incurious propagandists for politicians who sport a "D" next to their name, and (2) unforgiving judges, juries, and executioners for those with an "R."
