The Show Trial
By Mitch Berg
Earlier this week, we pointed out something that, after thirty years of the worthless Steve Sack, I thought I’d never need to: A Strib “editorial cartoonist” actually causing consternation on both sides of the aisle.
Mike Thompson seemed to me to be a huge improvement over Sack’s flaccid, entitled, completely predictable drivel:
I ended the piece earlier this week by predicting there would be consequences.
Of course I was right. Publisher Steve Grove – a man who has never many pretense of being independent of the DFL – issued the first of what I suspect will be many mea culpas:
The least sinister interpretation: after 30 years of publishing, Steve Sack’s thud-witted, one-sided, uncreative drivel, of course The Strib becomes “accountable to the community“ after publishing one cartoon that roils their publisher’s cocktail buddies.
Most sinister? The DFL directly controls what the state’s most powerful news outlet presents, and how.
They’re already trying to avoid getting a ding on their Minnesota social credit scores.
More on that tomorrow and, most likey, on the show Saturday.
April 27th, 2023 at 3:54 pm
So the thing that gets Muslims (among others) up in arms and causing ruckus is a cartoon. And not government support of sterilization and mutilation of children. They make it too easy.
April 27th, 2023 at 4:19 pm
Do not mock the idea of social credit score for corporations or individuals. It won’t be called that, of course. It will called something like “consumer awareness score” and it will be incorporated into your FICA, at least at first. Who could object to a “consumer awareness score” being used to adjust your FICA? If you are applying for a thirty year mortgage, shouldn’t the lender know how much you care about the effect of global warming 30 years from now?
April 27th, 2023 at 5:12 pm
how much you care about the effect of global warming 30 years from now?
You missed a zero in there, MP.
April 27th, 2023 at 10:09 pm
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April 28th, 2023 at 5:25 am
Indirect evidence that the Strib’s publisher is a eunuch.
April 28th, 2023 at 4:51 pm
Um, wait a minute. The main part of the cartoon shows guys with bandannas, hoodies, and shooting handguns–none of which are current stereotypes about radical Muslims. So what we have is proof that these legis-critters are not only woke, but also rather dense.
April 29th, 2023 at 7:48 am
The wages of defunding the police: Security guard arrested in 24-year-old’s slaying during Walgreens theft in SF
https://www.ktvu.com/news/security-guard-arrested-in-24-year-olds-slaying-during-walgreens-theft-in-sf