It’s been six months into Trump’s second term, and the media still looks like a dazed boxer trying to get its bearings after a brutal round. Some have gone for the “reinvention” play. Others are furiously rewriting their own history. A few are just outright gaslighting their audiences. Let’s break it down.
Jonathan Turley on the Russia Hoax: “The problem with Democrats and the media is that they’re trying to run the same grift on the same marks…They’re trying to tell the public, ‘Don’t look at this stuff, there’s nothing to see here.’ The public largely rejected that whole pitch… pic.twitter.com/pkXNPK9phU
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) July 29, 2025
Rewriting history? Oh, that’s the hottest trend. Suddenly, reporters who spent years running interference for Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive decline are releasing tell-all books about how bad it really was. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson just published Original Sin, where they bravely expose… everything they once dismissed as “Republican talking points.” Back in 2020, Tapper was defending Biden’s verbal stumbles as a “stutter.”
Thompson assured us his weird rambling was just “Biden being Biden.” Now? They’re shocked — shocked! — that the man was slipping. Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal dropped his own entry, full of revelations about Hunter Biden’s influence and aides blocking cognitive tests. Groundbreaking stuff — if you hadn’t been awake since 2021.
Gaslighting the public? MSNBC has that covered. The network has been running John Brennan on a loop to dismiss newly declassified reports that paint him as a central figure in the real “Russian conspiracy” — briefing Obama in 2016 on opposition research masquerading as intel. They’re even letting Eric Holder — the man who politicized DOJ under Obama — moan about Trump “politicizing” DOJ. It’s performance art at this point.
John Brennan was platformed again this morning by his favorite ‘news’ network to attack Tulsi Gabbard:
“I think she’s projecting. Obviously, she’s engaged in the politicization of intelligence.”
“She’s not interested in the truth.”
The hosts enthusiastically agree. https://t.co/tGGy4w2CRL pic.twitter.com/vPsGqauw8g
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2025
Restructuring? That’s The Washington Post, which is undergoing a full-blown identity crisis. Out goes Executive Editor Sally Buzbee. In comes CEO Will Lewis with “timeless American values” branding. The paper abandoned endorsements, offered mass buyouts (encouraging the “unaligned” to take them), and watched a steady parade of big names — Dan Balz, Catherine Rampell, Glen Kessler, Jonathan Capehart, and more — head for the exits. Even the Post’s TikTok guy tapped out.
Obama’s Wingman says he’s concerned about the politicization of Trump’s DOJ:
“This administration has used the power of the Justice Department to target political opponents.” pic.twitter.com/7ZyOoBIYxX
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 27, 2025
And then there’s Media Matters, the progressive attack dog now gasping for air under the weight of $15 million in legal fees from Elon Musk’s lawsuits and an FTC probe. Morale’s in the basement. Major donors are whispering “bankruptcy.” Even the New York Times says the group is scaling back.
