When President Trump proposed a military parade in Washington, D.C. to mark the Army’s anniversary, the media launched into a full-blown meltdown. They called it authoritarian. They called it egotistical. They even dragged out “No Kings” protesters in red cloaks to warn of creeping fascism. The imagery was treated as if tanks were about to roll through Capitol Hill for Trump’s personal coronation.
Fast forward to Beijing. Xi Jinping stages the largest military parade in China’s history, flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un — an actual axis of authoritarian regimes — and how does CBS News cover it? With glowing language about Xi’s “destiny,” “solidarity,” and “a global order changing before our very eyes.” The difference in tone isn’t just bias — it’s willful blindness. The same journalists who hyperventilate about Trump’s patriotism call Xi’s literal flex of military power a sign of strength.
The pattern repeats everywhere you look. In Gaza, the media ran with Hamas propaganda about Israel murdering a young boy. His picture went viral, his “martyrdom” splashed across headlines.
Except there was one problem — the boy wasn’t dead. He was alive and well. Just like the “starving infant” photos and other staged imagery, the story collapsed under scrutiny. But the lie did its job, fueling outrage and demonizing Israel.
At home, activist judges have been busy tying Trump’s administration in knots. So much so that the Supreme Court had to step in and remind them that their robes don’t give them executive authority.
NBC News, rather than acknowledge the SCOTUS smackdown, ran interference by publishing anonymous complaints from judges who didn’t want their rulings scrutinized. Brave enough to obstruct the president, but not brave enough to put their names on their gripes.
Meanwhile, the left is in full panic over Bari Weiss possibly taking the reins at CBS News. Weiss, remember, was hounded out of the New York Times by woke staffers for being insufficiently progressive. She built The Free Press, attracted real journalists, and now may be poised to overhaul CBS. The squeals of outrage from legacy media should tell you everything — they’re terrified of journalism that doesn’t toe the progressive line.
On immigration, the hypocrisy is even thicker. For years, Trump was vilified for “family separation.” Yet when the Biden DOJ attempted to reunite children with their parents who had already been deported — literally undoing separation — activists sued to block the flights.
A DOJ lawyer spelled it out: these weren’t deportations, these were repatriations at the request of the children’s guardians. The result? Activists, cheered on by media, fighting to keep families apart.
And then there’s the Handmaid’s cosplay brigade. Leftist women rage about the supposed threat of being forced into red robes and bonnets — by, bizarrely, putting on the exact outfits they claim to despise. Huffington Post dutifully framed it as a chilling symbol of “Trump’s America.” In reality, it’s performance art that collapses under its own absurdity. The only people forcing them into those costumes are themselves.
