The thin skinned Democrats

 Bonchie:

For all the fawning that the mainstream media does over Democrats, there’s a dirty little secret that’s rarely spoken of within the news industry. Julia Ioffe, a far-left journalist, decided to go ahead and say the quiet part out loud on that front.

Ioffe, who spun wild conspiracy theories about Russia and championed Fox News being de-platformed, is certainly no friend of Republicans. She also once accused Donald Trump of incest — because that’s just what journalists do. Yet, in her newsletter, she expressed her frustration with how Democrats are expected to be treated by the press.

I don’t think too many on the right will be surprised to read any of this, though, it’s rarely mentioned. One of the most under-reported aspects of the relationship between Democrats and the press is how dysfunctional that relationship is. That really shouldn’t be surprising.

When journalists show themselves to be willing to do or say just about anything to protect Democrats, is it any wonder that those same Democrats take that devotion for granted and demand more and more subservience? Jen Psaki, for example, isn’t used to being challenged, which is why she’s gotten progressively more combative over the last several months. Joe Biden is perhaps the starkest example I can think of. Despite receiving slavish coverage almost all the time, any time a reporter challenges him, he loses his mind. These are people that see the press as pack mules, there to haul their water. They have no deeper emotional connection to journalists, even as those journalists obviously long for that.
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The media is also pretty thin-skinned when it comes to criticism.  But that should be expected because most of them are Democrats too.