KIevin Jennings and the the MSM

In the last month or so, the MSM has totally missed several high profile stories. Now, the MSM misses all sorts of stories that then become high profile. So, there's nothing new there. The difference here was two fold. First, these two were especially high profile, the ACORN videos and the dismissal of Van Jones. Second, it appeared the mistake was so egregious that the MSM even saw their mistake.

What the article didn’t say — but what followers of Fox News and conservative commentators already knew — was that a video sting had caught Acorn workers counseling a bogus prostitute and pimp on how to set up a brothel staffed by under-age girls, avoid detection and cheat on taxes. The young woman in streetwalker’s clothes and her companion were actually undercover conservative activists with a hidden camera.

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Remarkably, the same MSM that was utterly embarrassed by its silence over ACORN and Jones is remaining silent again. George Stephanopolous was on Hannity last night. Remarkably, Stephanopoulos didn’t see a story here. Instead, he believes that Jennings has had a long and distinguished career in education. (by that standard so has Bill Ayers) He defended Jennings in the case of the 16 year old by saying that in fact the student was sixteen and thus of legal age. In fact, he defended Jennings in all the ways that folks have defended him.

Jennings is a radical pure and simple. You don’t praise a supporter of NAMBLA by accident, even if you don’t know they support them. Whether Jennings in fact knew that Hay supported NAMBLA is beside the point. Hay did support NAMBLA and that doesn’t just happen. Hay is an even bigger radical than Jennings, and Jennings called him an inspiration. It’s these sorts of dots that the MSM seems to miss each and every time. Is there more to come about Jennings? I’d bet huge money there is. It’s rare that someone is attached to incidents of radicalism but that they are an anomaly. Much more likely is that incidents of radicalism mean that someone is a radical. That’s what happened with Van Jones. We found out one thing, two things, three things, and eventually we found out that we would continue to find out things. That’s what will happen with Jennings. Yet, the MSM continues to ignore it.

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