Initially, I intended to include Rainn Wilson’s zinger in my earlier post regarding the debate on CNN. However, this really does warrant a separate look at yet another defense of the mainstream media, and accusations that outsiders are responsible for its credibility collapse.
This time, the excuses come from MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle, who claims that the media’s low standing is the fault of … Elon Musk? Grasping at the Left’s latest bête noire, Ruhle claims that Musk’s “media machine” has manipulated people into mistrusting traditional media because Musk “want(s) you to go to X” to get information. Mistrust in the media is a conspiracy, Ruhle complains, and democracy is in danger!
“This is where I would push back,” says the star of The Office, and does so in a humorous and utterly cutting manner. Maybe the media has a Cleopatra Complex, Wilson…
