What's the Bigger Sin? Going on Vacation During an Ice Storm Or Being Responsible for the Deaths of 15,000 Seniors?

PJ Media ^ | 02/19/2021 | Rick Moran

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It’s an old newsroom axiom that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That may have been true in the age of the New York Herald and James Gordon Bennett but this is 2021 and it’s the age of digital news. Lead stories are now wholly dependent on whose ox is being gored and what their party affiliation might be. If the gored ox is Republican, you can bet it will be the lead story every hour on the hour.

Ted Cruz made the dumbest political move of his life by leaving Texas to go to Mexico while cold snap made lives miserable for voters. Then we have Andrew Cuomo, whose incompetent policies directly led to the deaths of 15,000 seniors.

When both men are judged by the almighty, God may look at Cruz and chuckle about the dumb mistake that he made in exposing himself politically in such a way. But what will he say to Governor Cuomo, who not only initiated policies that led to mass death but then tried to evade responsibility for his stupidity by covering it up?

In a fairer world where journalists and news channels took their obligations seriously, the Cuomo story would dominate. But such is not the case. And it says more about the media’s unrestrained bias against the right than anything it says about Ted Cruz tanning himself while people literally fought for their lives in Texas.

There’s a question not being asked: just what is it that Cruz’s critics would have wanted him to do rather than go to Mexico? Comedian Michael Loftus had some thoughts.

Daily Caller:

“I can’t believe how much attention they want us to pay to this Ted Cruz thing,” he said. “They act like he’s the only person with a toolkit in Texas that can actually fix a frozen windmill./p>

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Cruz would have been as helpless as everyone else if he had stayed in Texas. But Andrew Cuomo had it well within his power to save those 15,000 souls. Cuomo isn’t exactly getting a pass, but compared to Ted Cruz?

Cuomo received 55 seconds to Cruz’s 3:15 on ABC’s “World News Tonight,” and “NBC Nightly News” gave 1:30 to Cuomo and two full minutes to Cruz. CNN devoted 2:42 to covering Cuomo, but spent ten times that — 25:31 — talking about Cruz. MSNBC made no mention of Cuomo, but gave over 20 minutes of coverage to Cruz. Only the “CBS Evening News” gave Cuomo (1:45) more coverage than Cruz (45 seconds).

[Hambone 1934]

You asked the wrong question..Which is the bigger privilege ???? Being able to afford going on vacation during record cold or being able to get away with 15,000.murders????

[17th Miss Regt]

One is very bad optics. The other is only a run of the mill mortal sin.

[proust]

“but have you seen the other guy?”

Weird defense of Fled Cruz.

[ealgeone]

Depends....GOP or Dim who commits the “sin”?

[Pollard]

tried to evade responsibility for his stupidity

Does NY have State run nursing homes? If so, maybe it was a cost saving measure and not stupidity. Leftists think old people should just die and not be a burden on society.

[Track9]

Don’t ask those kinds of questions. My Facebook chip doesn’t compute.

[JohnBrowdie]

I vote for #3; the MSM, for getting both stories factually wrong.

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RE: Which is the bigger privilege ????

Why is being responsible for 15,000 deaths now considered a privilege? Was the Holocaust Hitler’s privilege?

[Jane Long]

Weird defense of Fled Cruz.

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😂

Hadn’t seen that one, yet.

[Hot Tabasco]

What's worse, condemning an individual who has absolutely no control over what is going on in Texas or the political puritan wall sniffers falling for the classic divide and conquer tactic constantly thrown out by the MSM?

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RE: One is very bad optics. The other is only a run of the mill mortal sin.

But the mainstream TV media spent over 3 minutes on the bad optics and a mere 55 seconds on the mortal sin.

[MuttTheHoople]

I was a shadow driver for brine trucks and motor graders during this in Texas. I didn’t see any politician, Republican or Democrat, anywhere

[tennmountainman]

Oh please, then why was Teddy saying he made a mistake over and over
again on numerous Networks? Do you think he is lying about making a
mistake?

The comparison between Cruz and Cuomo are Apples and Oranges.
One is criminal(Cuomo) and one is stupid(Teddy).

[Hambone 1934]

For dems they always have the “privilege “ of being able to kill innocent people and walk away scott free...No one else in this country has that particular right.....

[SmokingJoe]

Which is the bigger privilege ???? Being able to afford going on vacation during record cold or being able to get away with 15,000.murders????

Joke post?
You cannot be serious.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: One is criminal(Cuomo) and one is stupid(Teddy).

But the networks spent over 3 minutes on stupid ( questionable, as in - what could he have done by staying home other than possibly freezing with no power?) and spent not much time on criminal ( less than a minute ).

[SkyDancer]

Since Trump is no longer around, the mindless media needed something for their reason to be noticed.

[Hambone 1934]

Actually that was Hitler’s privilege..The world knew what was going on especially the US and we did nothing ....Hitler got bolder because he saw the world didn’t care about the Jews any more than he did...Privilege is being able to do things others wouldn’t get away with... The world was weary from WW1 and didn’t want a fight,so Hitler seized his moment...How would it have been different if it had been Churchill going to see Hitler than Chamberlin???? Churchill had been sounding the alarm for years,and no one listened to him...