Every hour, every day, every opinion: The non-stop parade of cable news pundits
Today is Wednesday, the day after Donald Trump’s big victory in the New York primary, so today, pundits, our Narrative is “Trump: He’s wrapped up the Republican nomination, right?” So that’s what we’ll talk about today, all day. Because we’re TV pundits and we stick to the Narrative.
Ready, pundits? Go, ninjas, go:
Scottie Nell Hughes, ‘Trump Supporter,’ on CNN: “You have a sitting senator in Texas, a sitting governor in Ohio that cannot even get 50 percent of their own state to support them. [Trump] has proven time and time again that he can win in every part of this country.”
Sarah Isgur Flores, former Carly Fiorina campaign manager, MSNBC guest: “Donald Trump wants to claim that being on the five-yard line is a touchdown. I think everyone believes Ted Cruz can shift the momentum on the second ballot [at the GOP convention].”
Meghan McCain, Fox News contributor: “Trump’s negatives will filter down into Senate races, congressional races and local races. And I worry about it being like Goldwater, like an unmitigated bloodbath, where [Republicans] lose everything.”
David Gregory, CNN analyst: “Cruz has got to do something that he did in Wisconsin, expand his base of support. ... He’s got to go to other states in the West, including Indiana and the Midwest, to show that he can reach beyond that core strength of evangelical Christians.”
Thank you, pundits. To summarize: Trump — he’s up! He’s down! He’s neither up nor down!
In other words, it’s just another day in Punditstan, the land of gleaming teeth, flowing hair and hot takes. Throughout the day and long into the morrow, the pundits will work diligently to replenish America’s strategic opinion reserves — with regular breaks, of course, for ads for retractable hoses, cholesterol medication and nonstick cooking pans.
These days, the people of Punditstan are a critical part of the cable news-industrial complex. The leading news networks — CNN, Fox News, MSNBC — don’t report the news as much as they talk and speculate endlessly about it. For at least the past year, as well as for the next five months, the only thing they’re talking about is the presidential campaign, a story perfectly tailored for 24-hour cable with its built-in conflict, historic importance and, yes, ever-changing “narratives” (plus, who in America doesn’t have something to say about Trump and Clinton?). That means just one thing: Right now, we’re at peak punditry.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/every-hour-every-day-every-opinion-the-non-stop-parade-of-cable-news-pundits/2016/06/01/6c948fd8-113e-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_rainbow
= new reply since forum marked as read
