Are you ready for a little surprise? It hasn’t even been a week since Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for her presidential campaign. In that miniature time, we have already heard about his lax handling of the Minneapolis riots, his Care for illegal immigrantshis radical advance, Transgender operations for minorsalong with his suggestion that the state should take custody of children whose parents object, and #TamponTim has become a trending topic.
Of course, most of this is playing out on social media, as the press refuses to report objectively on the Minnesota governor. One issue, however, has caused the press to be reluctant to enter the fray, as Walz’s military record has not only been in the spotlight, but also casts a massive shadow over the campaign. This has led journalists to rush to defend the man, while attempting to cast doubt on JD Vance’s character and service.
It’s a classic case of them trying to win by trying two things at once and failing twice. What’s amazing is that we’re seeing – once again – the press intricate of this country clinging to the Democratic Party in a devoted way and suffering yet another setback. You’d think the revelations they received after their lies about Joe Biden’s character would have led to a change in their actions, but the petite change that occurred was fleeting.
Now they see Walz and his ministry as something they have to defend. You can see their desperation when they say that people are to question him about his service in the National Guard for two dozen years. Nothing of the sort is taking place; it all stems from his own comments and selling of his rank. We’ve covered it extensively here, as Walz has no shortage of instances of glossing over or exaggerating his rank. What irks the press so much is the inherent need to defend his accomplishments.
When they committed to protecting Walz, they quickly suffered from an attempt to avoid objectivity. At Bloomberg, for example, Josh Green got into trouble when he endorsed Walz’s deployment to Iraq – even though he hadn’t done so. Bloomberg had to correct Green’s column not once, but twice. At CNN, Brianna Keilar was similarly corrected.
Keilar tried to denigrate Vance’s actual deployments to Iraq in order to silence his criticism of Walz and his avoidance of deployment to Iraq. Pardon the apt metaphor, but this was the CNN anchor trying to shoot the bearer of bad news.
JD Vance may not be a perfect ambassador on this issue because we introduced him, as you introduced him, as a combat correspondent, which was his title. But if you dig a little deeper, you find that he was a public affairs specialist – someone who was not in combat, and the title “combat correspondent” certainly gives you a different impression.
So Keilar is the expert on military operations, and even though her title includes “combat,” she’s here to inform us – and supposedly the military leadership – that it doesn’t count. What’s amazing is that she bucks the press’s message in two ways. While she thinks it’s inappropriate to disparage Tim Walz’s accomplishments, she’s quite blatantly denigrating the importance of JD Vance’s duties. Moreover, she effectively insults him in his role as a journalist and/or media assistant, something that journalists always tell us is a threat to their well-being and a threat to the Constitution.
The main difference between these men? Vance is not one to exaggerate his role in Iraq. In fact, he noted in his memoirs, “I was lucky not to have been in actual combat, unlike Walz, who implied he had combat experience.” Also idiotic is the fact that Vance’s job as a public relations specialist included escorting journalists to crisis zones and monitoring their safety when they went into hazardous areas. Either she wants to insult the duties of a Marine in a war zone, or she is inadvertently calling out journalists who yell about the dangers they faced in the war.
Maj. Megan McClung was the first female Marine to die in Iraq and the first graduate of the United States Naval Academy to ever die in combat.
She worked in public affairs.@cnnpr‘S @brikeilarcnn I don’t think it’s a hazardous job because @JDVance had the same job. pic.twitter.com/B27ELNSL6B
— LARRY (@LarryOConnor) 8 August 2024
As they try to protect Walz, he is increasingly beaten down as one story after another emerges about the tampering with his record, while Vance has both military and confirm the problem Walz’s comments were. For some reason, the supposedly brilliant minds in the media are unable to stand back for a moment and check details before launching into reports and defenses.
In less than a week, we have watched reports and allegations overshadowed by fresh evidence that Walz exaggerated his past. While attempting to defend Walz, real voices from within the military told the press how bad his activities were. This happened because news outlets followed a “defense first” approach while investigations and confirmations were put on hold.
And the crazy thing is? This is exactly the behavior that caused the media to fail in the case of Joe Biden and his debate. The press steadfastly refuses to learn from its mistakes. We owe it to them to continue to hold them accountable and make them pay for them until some sort of corrective action is taken.
