I know we write about the goings-on at the clown-car network, MSNBC, quite a bit, but the way I see it, when we don’t cover the latest nonsense on the troubled outlet, we fall behind.
In addition, as I’ve previously noted, as a graduate of the Rush Limbaugh Institution of Advanced Conservative Studies, I believe, as did Rush, that the more we expose the far-left — the more we cover their lies and other mockery-of-journalism stuff — the more they show us who they really are and what they really believe. That is never a bad thing.
Anyway, host Stephanie Ruhle is the latest example of MSNBC’s intentional ignorance.
On Friday’s super fun episode of “The 11th Hour,” Ruhle desperately tried to analogize the reaction to the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to the reaction to Daniel Penny’s acquittal of manslaughter after he subdued a crazed Jordan Neely on a NYC subway car as he was threatening commuters. Neely was later pronounced dead.
Ruhle ridiculously tried to make her silly analogy work as she wondered aloud: “How concerned should we be” about Americans who “are celebrating violence?”
Ruhle kicked off the festivities thusly (emphasis, mine):
We saw Daniel Penny, his acquittal, and at the same time in a very, very, very different situation, but Luigi Mangione, the man who’s now accused of the murder of the United Healthcare CEO. Two very different situations, but in both situations there’s a person dead, and reactions that we are seeing are hugely celebratory in some circles, right?
Memo to Stephanie Ruhle: Your left-wing pals celebrated violence; they celebrated the pre-planned execution of a decent man, husband, and father. Conservatives celebrated the acquittal of a hero who took out a threat before that threat could do real damage to terrified commuters.
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Ruhle was apparently horrified by the news that Vice-President-elect JD Vance invited Penny to be his guest at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game.
JD Vance is taking Daniel Penny to the Army-Navy football game tomorrow and what we’ve seen in the last few years, right, we see the media divide us, we see that, you know, sex sells, but anger and hate sells even more. How concerned should we be, though, that the American people, groups of the American people, are celebrating violence?
OK, Ruhle had me at “We see the media divide us.”
And what media is that, Ms. Ruhle? Fox News? No. While I’m not a fan of several Fox News hosts, I’ve seen no evidence that Fox intentionally tries to divide the country. Can the same be said about CNN and MSNBC? Please. Both left-wing outlets parrot the narratives of the Democrat Party, including comparing Trump to “Hitler, throughout the presidential election campaign. They called him a “fascist” and parroted nonsense about Trump shipping his “enemies” off to internment camps if he wins (won.) And don’t even get me started on the lady geniuses on ABC’s silly show, “The View.”
So here’s the thing. If anyone can think of a Democrat Party narrative that either MSNBC or CNN opposed, please let me know. Otherwise, I got nothin’.
One of Ruhle’s guests was Stevie Van Zandt, longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s “E Street Band,” and the actor who played Silvia Dante on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
Ruhle asked Van Zandt: “How concerned are you that this is where we are in this celebratory moment?”
So how did “Little Stevie” (one of his nicknames) respond to Ruhle’s question?
Very concerned. And of course our hearts go out to the family, the Neely family. Nobody should die in these situations. But I hope it starts to emphasize the trouble we’re having with the mental health, ignoring the mental health problems, not only in our city, but which is considerable, but in our country.
Surprisingly, somewhat fair and balanced.
Van Zandt was right that no one should die in these situations, but not for the reason he suggested. No one should die in these situations because people like Jordan Neely should not be on the street; they should be in treatment, be it for mental health issues, drug and/or alcohol abuse, or all of the above.
But when people like Neely refuse to get help — and I don’t want this to sound too harsh — then they are responsible for the consequences of what happens when they cause things to go terribly wrong; not the Daniel Pennys of America.
Call it “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
Speaking of which, Brian Thompson’s alleged murderer, Luigi Mangione, sits in a jail cell after having been charged with murder.
