NYT roasted for absurd take after SCOTUS rules Virginia can purge noncitizens from voting rolls: 'Very rare'



The New York Times on Wednesday issued a rather jaw-dropping X post after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Virginia can purge noncitizens from its voter rolls.

The Times' post noted that the high court was "siding with Republicans who said it was to prevent noncitizens from voting."

'NYT simps for "only a little bit of illegal voting."'

Then came the post's last sentence: "Studies show that noncitizens voting is very rare."

It would appear those final eight words raised the ire — and eyebrows — of more than a few observers.

You know, on the level of that infamous video of a burning building amid a nighttime riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the summer of 2020 as CNN's video caption read, "Fiery but mostly peaceful protests after police shooting."

Or when ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz earlier this month downplayed the crisis of Venezuelan gangs in Colorado by insisting to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance that gang takeovers in Aurora have been "limited to a handful of apartment complexes ... a handful of problems."

So according to the Times, is it OK to keep noncitizens on voting rolls ... because they rarely vote anyway?

How are commenters reacting?

As you might expect, many commenters took exception to the "paper of record." Here are a few examples:

  • "Rare doesn't make it legal," one commenter stated.
  • "'Studies show.' Glad you can at least acknowledge that the number is not zero," another user noted. "Just an FYI, these people in this case self-identified as non-citizens. They cannot legally vote anyway. So removing them shouldn't be an issue."
  • "It doesn’t matter what your studies show," another commenter wrote. "There is no reason for non-citizens to be on any voting roll."
  • "How about just remove any chance of it at all?" another user asked. "NYT simps for 'only a little bit of illegal voting.'"
  • "Rare? Since when is rare acceptable? Have you not noticed what's going on at the Washington Post?" another commenter inquired. "Your 15 minutes of bubble liberal politics have come to an end."
  • "This is why you are trash," another user declared.
  • "Studies show that a particular crime is rare. Accordingly, laws against it should not be enacted nor enforced," another commenter wondered incredulously. "Is that how this works now?"

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'Bulls**t!' Joe Scarborough pushes Trump 'bloodbath' false narrative, takes muzzle off his potty mouth in the process



Joe Scarborough got the profanity percolating early on his MSNBC "Morning Joe" show Monday, blurting out, "Bulls**t!" while pushing the false narrative regarding former President Donald Trump's "bloodbath" utterance over the weekend.

What's the background?

As readers of Blaze News know by now, Trump in a speech Saturday in Ohio warned of an auto industry "bloodbath" if he's not elected in November — but leftists in the media and in politics took a snippet of his speech and used it to push a false narrative that he's calling for political violence if he's not elected.

Trump said if he's elected, a "100% tariff" would be applied to Chinese cars manufactured in Mexico that come across the border, warning Chinese leader Xi Jinping, "You’re not going to be able to sell those cars."

Trump added, "Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they're not going to sell those cars."

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Say it ain't so, Joe

Here's how Scarborough interpreted Trump's words. Watch spouse/cohost Mika Brzezinski manage a noticeably pained expression as he lets his profanity fly. Content warning: Language:

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"Obviously he's talking about a bloodbath for America. It's laid out in the terms of it. And these idiots on Twitter, these idiots on cable news, these idiots on Sunday shows," Scarborough said before shifting to a mocking, cartoonish voice for his perceived detractors, "Presidents, you know, he was talking only about the auto industry, and this is one more ..."

With little left in the tank to bolster his point, Scarborough attempted to punctuate it by unleashing his potty mouth — not once, but twice: "It's just bulls**t! Let me say that at 6:15 a.m. It's just bulls**t! He knows what he was doing. We're not stupid. Americans aren't stupid. He was talking about a bloodbath. Sometimes a bloodbath means a bloodbath. And when he finishes by saying that's just going to be the least of it, seriously, these people may be stupid; we're not."

Others weren't buying what Scarborough was selling:

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Washington Post blasted for UVA shooting story's initial headline saying suspected gunman 'had troubled childhood, but then flourished'



The Washington Post was blasted on social media Monday over the initial headline of a University of Virginia shooting story that said the suspected gunman — accused of fatally shooting three players on the school's football team and wounding two other students — had a "troubled childhood, but then flourished."

\u201cThis is a real headline from the Washington Post\u201d
— TheBlaze (@TheBlaze) 1668443234

The headline appeared to have been changed sometime after 12:10 p.m. Monday to read, "Suspected U-Va. gunman was scrutinized by threat assessment team for weapon, police say."

The Post's story indicated it was updated at 12:15 p.m. as well as at 1:15 p.m., but there are no notes in the story describing what was updated.

The Post on Monday told TheBlaze in a statement that "the headline was changed following the press conference when new information was learned. This is a developing story."

'You've gotta be kidding'

A number of folks on Twitter were none too pleased with the wording of the Post's original headline, which described suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. as having "flourished" after going through a "troubled childhood."

Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips tweeted, "Just an unbelievable headline from the Washington Post about the mass shooter at UVA. You've gotta be kidding ..."

Rob Eno, media critic for BlazeTV, mocked the Post by saying that "democracy also dies when you hide former headlines without even [an] editors note ... To the rest of you, this is a textbook case of the media lying to you."

Others agreed:

  • "So yea whoever wrote this headline should be fired," one commenter said. "Didn’t realize flourishing meant murdering people. Washington Post at it again."
  • "Talk about a bizarre headline," another user reacted. "Is he gonna 'flourish' in prison?"
  • "With headlines like this, you'll put @TheBabylonBee out of business," another commenter told the Post. "This is @Salon level stupidity."
  • "One of the most disgusting headlines I have ever seen printed," another user declared. "Shame on you @washingtonpost."
  • "This guy allegedly murdered three people and shot five total, and the @washingtonpost describes him as a guy who 'flourished.' Pathetic," another commenter said.

Anything else?

Jones — a former player on the school's football team — was taken into custody Monday following a manhunt of more than 13 hours after the shooting on the Charlottesville campus, the Associated Press reported. Jones was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony, ESPN said.

The players who were fatally shot have been identified as junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina, junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina, and junior defensive end/linebacker D'Sean Perry of Miami, school President Jim Ryan said during a Monday news conference, ESPN said.

\u201cAll three of the UVA shooting victims are football players:\n\nDevin Chandler (from Virginia Beach)\n\nD'Sean Perry\n\nLavel Davis\u201d
— Dan Kennedy 13News Now (@Dan Kennedy 13News Now) 1668441880

Ryan said two other unidentified students were shot and hospitalized, the sports network reported, adding that Ryan said one student was in good condition, and the other was in critical condition.

The shooting took place on a charter bus that had returned to campus after students attended a play in Washington, D.C., as part of a class field trip, Ryan said, according to ESPN.

Video: CNN's John King on election night tells viewers to 'trust us ... a news source that you know and trust to be honest.' Reactions are hilarious.



CNN's John King — an anchor and chief national correspondent — urged viewers Tuesday night to "trust us" as midterm election night issues surface.

What did King say?

"Stay off social media, people," King said as anchor Jake Tapper elicited a chuckle. King added: "If you're trying to figure out, 'Are there really issues with voting?' trust your local officials, trust us here, trust a news source that you know and trust to be honest about this. They're doing their job, and they're doing it right."

\u201cCNN's John King: "Stay off social media, people. If you're trying to figure out are there really issues with voting, trust your local officials and trust us here."\u201d
— Greg Price (@Greg Price) 1667950243

Twitter reactions to King's plea were quite humorous:

  • "Does @JohnKingCNN give seminars in self-awareness?" conservative podcaster Ron Coleman asked.
  • "I trust CNN about as much as the CDC," one commenter stated.
  • "I trust gas station sushi more than I trust CNN, John King, and local officials," another user revealed.
  • "The network that's hemorrhaging viewers and can't afford to keep their staff due to lack of credibility wants us to trust ... their election coverage," another commenter observed. "Right. Next I'll be asking David Depape to fix my door locks."
  • "I’d rather trust a vasectomy performed on a trampoline," another user quipped.
  • "They do comedy now," another commenter noticed.
  • "Trust the organization that gave us Lemon and Acosta?" another user wondered.
  • "Yeah I’d trust Casey Anthony babysitting my two yr old nephew over trusting CNN," another commenter declared.

The background you're all likely well aware of

After former President Donald Trump famously called out CNN as "fake news" way back when, more than a few things have taken place at the cable network that prompted speculation that Trump's accusation might have had some truth to it.

In August, before his program "Reliable Sources" was tossed in the trash, CNN's then-chief media correspondent Brian Stelter admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was real after previously downplaying it as right-wing exaggeration. Critics have often labeled Stelter a "hall monitor" for the media, and attacks against him — particularly for biased reporting — seemed to grow louder and more frequent over time.

CNN as a whole has been repeatedly accused of left-wing bias and specifically called out for pushing misinformation that's resulted in loss of trust. That may be why pundits brutally mocked CNN in January over the cable network's announcement that it would be creating a news team "dedicated to covering misinformation."

And beyond all of that, CNN has suffered numerous recent scandals, including the exits of disgraced legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, former CNN head Jeff Zucker, and anchor Chris Cuomo — not to mention the embarrassingly fast demise of CNN+ earlier this year.

CNN's Don Lemon says 'I was not always perfect' as he wraps up final prime-time show — and gets mercilessly mocked



CNN's Don Lemon wrapped up an emotional finale of his prime-time program Friday night by telling viewers that "I was not always perfect" — as well as sniffling and fighting back tears — and he got roundly mocked for it.

What are the details?

Last month the embattled cable network, fighting a string of programming failures and ratings declines, announced that "Don Lemon Tonight" would be ending and that its left-wing host would be co-anchoring a new morning show alongside Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, which will debut sometime this year.

With time running out on his final prime-time gig, Lemon told viewers, "I know I was not always perfect, because no one is perfect. Because there are immense pressures that come with this job and in particular this time slot at 10 o’clock, when people are going to bed. So sometimes all I could do — I'm gonna be honest with you — is just smile and just get to the commercial break sometimes.”

He concluded by saying, "Sometimes it was exhausting, because some of the things that we discuss here are so personal and so consuming, all-consuming. So I hope I made you proud. And I thank you for tuning in all these years. And I hope that you're gonna join me in the morning. So I will simply say good night, and I will see you soon."

Things got a little theatrical as Lemon waved at the camera and said, “I’m gonna leave, and I'm gonna go upstairs.” He did just that, standing up as the camera followed him trudging up the flight of stairs at the back of his set as he blurted out a squeaky "Bye!" and sniffled and sighed and muttered on his way out.

#journalist #donlemon quitting his show on#cnnyoutu.be

'Actually you were perfect, Don — perfectly never objective ...'

Folks commenting on the news of Lemon's final sign-off were none too kind, particularly in regard to his "I was not always perfect" utterance:

  • "It’s funny that he actually thought he was perfect sometimes," one commenter noted.
  • "Actually you were perfect, Don — perfectly never objective on every subject....but then again no one watched you, especially me," another commenter said.
  • "Rarely, if ever, perfect. Helped spread the hate and discontent," another commenter wrote.
  • "Just like he said, nobody's perfect nor always perfect," another commenter noted. "He should have said, 'I make bad judgments.' Using the word perfect [for yourself] is stroking your own ego."

As for his emotional demeanor, more mockery:

  • "I fought back tears, too," another commenter said. "Tears of joy."
  • "Being demoted is sad, but this seems like party time!" another commenter exclaimed.
  • "Hilarious," another commenter wrote.

Anything else?

Prior to the announcement of Lemon's prime-time show coming to end, his left-wing pronouncements hadn't seemed as frequent. In July, for example, he said the media should not treat Democrats and Republicans as equals because the GOP is "very dangerous to our society"; in September, he defended President Joe Biden's "semi-fascism" term to describe "MAGA Republicans," arguing Biden's words were "unifying" because some believe they are "true."

But right after the announcement, Lemon's leftism seemed revived. In fact, he suggested the vast wealth inherited by King Charles III after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, should be spent on reparations for descendants of the victims of the African slave trade — after which a British commentator raked him over the coals.

Late last month, as Hurricane Ian was hitting Florida's west coast, Lemon tried and failed to get an expert from the National Hurricane Center to blame the storm's intensity on climate change.

New York Times editor wanted to check with far-left Sen. Chuck Schumer before publishing GOP Sen. Tim Scott's op-ed, former NYT opinion editor Bari Weiss says



Bari Weiss — a former opinion editor at the New York Times who resigned in July 2020 after "constant bullying" from colleagues as she challenged the paper's leftism — told Republican U.S. Sen Tim Scott (S.C.) that while she was still at the Times, an editor insisted that Democrat U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) should be consulted before the paper published an op-ed by Scott.

What are the details?

Mediaite noted that Weiss spoke to Scott about the issue on her "Honestly with Bari Weiss" podcast Wednesday, detailing to the senator what went down in the newsroom regarding Scott's op-ed about a police reform bill he was working on — the Justice Act — following the death of George Floyd.

“I want to tell you a little story that I’m not sure if you know,” Weiss told Scott, according to a recording Mediaite posted, in which Weiss said that while the bill was endorsed by a range of people — including Schumer — it fell apart.

Scott noted to Weiss that it failed because “the Democrats really wanted the issue more than the solution," according to the Mediaite recording.

Weiss added more, according to the Mediaite recording: “Well, here’s what happened. I was at the New York Times, and you or your staff sent in an op-ed about the bill and why it fell apart."

"There was a discussion about the piece and whether or not we should run it," Weiss continued. "And one colleague, a more senior colleague, said to a more junior colleague who was pushing for the piece, ‘Do you think the Republicans really care about minority rights?'”

“Wow,” Scott said in reaction to Weiss' claim.

“And the more junior colleague said, ‘I think Tim Scott cares about minority rights.’ And then, and here’s the pretty shocking part: The more senior colleague said, ‘Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it,'” Weiss added before saying the more junior colleague "refused."

In the Mediate recording, Weiss added that the younger colleague's contention was that checking with Schumer "wasn't an ethical thing to do."

According to Fox News, the op-ed was never published.

But Scott — reacting further to Weiss' claims about the Times editorial discussion in the Mediaite recording — said, “I am disappointed to hear that. I am not surprised to hear that. You have to remember that the Washington Post fact-checked my life."

Scott added, according to the Mediaite recording:

“I can’t tell you how disrespectful and dishonoring that entire process was ... went on for three or four months as they went through records to find out whether or not my grandfather actually dropped out of school in the third grade, their records suggested he dropped out in the fourth grade but still didn’t learn to read,” he recalled. “They wanted to know if I had somehow hidden my silver spoon and just was using a plastic spoon instead.”

“And the more they dug, the more they realized that there was no evidence that disproved the fact that I am who I say I am and that I experienced what I said I’ve experienced,” he added.

“So there is something in national media that wants to frame any conservative, particularly black conservatives, as being disingenuous or insincere or a tool for the conservatives. When in fact the black community is consistently as conservative as any community,” he concluded

What did the Times have to say?

A New York Times spokesperson in response to Weiss' allegation told TheBlaze on Friday that "New York Times Opinion never seeks outside approval or consultation whether to publish guest opinion essays.”

You can hear part of the Weiss-Scott exchange in the below Fox News reaction video:

MSNBC's Chuck Todd scolds, angrily points finger at TV media figures who question COVID-19 vaccine safety



If you had any lingering doubts that legacy media personalities sometimes lack objectivity, Chuck Todd decisively blew up those doubts Thursday.

What happened?

Todd — host of "Meet the Press" and political director for NBC News — got noticeably angry and even pointed his finger over and over again at those in television media who question the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and who have been, as he claimed, "spreading misinformation."

"Folks, nearly 10,000 people died in the month of June. They were needless deaths," Todd said, referring to those reportedly succumbing to COVID-19. "Please get vaccinated. If you know someone who's not vaccinated, find a way to convince them to get vaccinated. Literally the only people dying are the unvaccinated."

Which, for the record, is close but literally not true. In May, fully vaccinated Americans made up about 0.8% of COVID-19 deaths in the country, the Associated Press said.

Todd then grew quite a bit more emotional; his voice got clipped and his breathing became huffy and puffy as he pointed and shook his finger at his counterparts on TV news who cast doubts on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

"And for those of you spreading misinformation, shame on you, shame on you" Todd continued angrily. "People are needlessly dying because of your misinformation. Think about it. I don't know how some of you sleep at night who are doing this for a living on television."

Here's the video:

NEW: CDC Director says one quarter of the U.S. cases are Delta variant. @ChuckTodd: "Please get vaccinated. ... A… https://t.co/8uWzOe9hWt

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) 1625162600.0

Anything else?

Before his brief meltdown, Todd noted that the country is "once again moving in the wrong direction with this virus" as he said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky reported a 10% increase in COVID-19 cases since last week and the "hyper transmissible" Delta variant accounted for 25% of them.

Todd added that Walensky said the Delta variant's spread is "being fueled by communities with low vaccination rates" and that "more than a thousand counties have a vaccination rate of lower than 30%."

Dr. Anthony Fauci earlier this week warned of "two Americas" emerging: areas where most people are vaccinated and places where most aren't.

On the other side of the coin, a study just found vaccinated U.S. military members with higher-than-expected rates of heart inflammation.