It’s iffy, but there’s a chance the White House will say something
useful or truthful and so we spin the wheel, watch the daily outpouring and
hope.
As of deadline time, Dr.
Fauci has vanished from the airwaves. We need to do a TV show similar to
what the Today Show did with Matt Lauer, hiding him in secret locations.
Difference here, though. We probably could find him, maybe even speak with
him. And the prize for finding him would
not be a cruise to Bermuda… just an interview with a respected medical
authority who made the huge mistake of talking truth to trump.
Meantime…
The savvy and well-regarded
media columnist of the Washington Post, Margaret Sullivan, suggests reporters
stop covering the White House briefings. She’s a personal favorite, but
this time, Ms. Sullivan, you are wrong.
And as you can plainly
see, the so-called briefings consist of the president telling us how
brilliantly he does things, how in-control he is of the Covfefe Virus pandemic
and how all’s well if we just stay away from one another and keep calm when the
balmy winds of April will bring death to the germs and we can all go back to
work.
We know that kind of
talk for what it is. But we also learn that he has, as of this writing, declined
to implement the Defense Production Act that would bring important anti-viral
materials to the people who need them.
Every once in awhile the
panel of so-called experts will timidly contradict his lies (the Case of the
Missing Fauci.)
The White House has
imposed a news blackout on facts in general. But trump can’t go a full day
without make a fool of himself and since rallies have become unfashionable,
that daily trumpized version of “The View” has become his platform. It’s
surprising they don’t play a cheer/applause track under these ridiculous
appearances.
No, Margaret, we can’t
stop the coverage, lame and deceitful as it is. But there are things we
can do. First is what CBS and maybe
others did Monday evening. The “briefing” started late and was about to
run into the Evening News. CBS cut away
and went to Norah O’Donnell.
And we can give more
coverage to politicians like Andy Cuomo (D-NY) who gets on camera and tells it
both like it is and like it should be. His briefings should be called
“ings,” because there’s nothing brief about them. But they’re still worth
hearing.
Another “ing”-er, is
Mayor Eric Garcetti (D-Los Angeles.) He’s getting stuff done that the horses’
rumps in Washington aren’t. Like getting manufacturers on board, to cite
just one example. California will have
its new ventilators faster than anyone else. They will be made by Americans
working in … sewing factories.
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Any questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2020
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