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Media Sellouts Kiss Trump’s Feet As America Burns

Journalists ruin credibility by kissing up to ‘Orange Emperor’

Manny Otiko
The Polis
4 min readDec 22, 2024

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Selling out is in. In the wake of the disastrous election of Donald Trump to his second term, several members of the media and the business community have scrambled to kneel before the Orange Emperor.

I’ve already written about how “Morning Joe’s” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski scurried down to Mar-a-Lago to spread their cheeks. Recently, ABC settled a defamation case with Trump for $15 million, which they could have easily fought and won, according to news sources. The message is we’re going to kiss your ass and play nice.

And The Young Turks (TYT,) a famous progressive YouTube channel, is now sliding towards the right. I had suspected this was happening when Ana Kasparian, one of the hosts, started flirting with right-wing nuts such as Glenn Beck.

Remember, this is the same person who once asked a Muslim congressman if he was working for the enemy. Glenn Beck, the man fired from Fox News Channel for being too crazy. And Beck, the man who was accused of ripping off Alex Jones. When you start associating with Beck, you know you’re going off the rails.

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