I ran across this on Twitter this morning, and of all the things I read about, thoughts about this particular tweet kept intruding into my thoughts.
Rather than worrying that I am having a psychotic break, I decided to write about it, despite it not being (precisely) about the news of the day. In a larger sense, I do believe it is relevant because it is a reminder of just how stupid the best and the brightest in the news media can be.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 6, 2020
Mara Gay, a New York Times Editorial Board member both then and now–this clip is from 2020–was having a discussion on Brian Williams’ MSNBC show (Brian Williams, MSNBC, New York Times–a toxic brew already!) discussing Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 bid for president when the ridiculous sum of money he spent came up.
Bloomberg, you see, lite $500 million…
