A time for misinformation and disinformation
The United States of America is not at war.
Not now.
Yet.
Unless, of course, you count those ever-persistent political skirmishes.
That never stops.
There are no American troops on the ground in Ukraine.
You wouldn无毛视频檛 know that if you only listened to some of the crowing that无毛视频檚 going on these days.
Sen. John Kennedy (not that one; the one who currently represents the great state of Louisiana) fashions himself as some sort of folksy cross between Barney Fife and Will Rogers.
He enjoys making his naked political pronouncements while trying to not sound like the Harvard grad he is.
He无毛视频檚 the Foghorn Leghorn of Congress.
无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 support the president无毛视频檚 position,无毛视频� he said the other day on Fox News.
That无毛视频檚 no revelation. He无毛视频檚 a Republican. If he ever publicly agreed with President Biden, that might be a first.
He was being asked about the possibility of a Biden-led no-fly zone put in place in Ukraine.
First, Kennedy wanted to make sure he was clear about one thing. 无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e not going to win this war militarily, or economically until we cut off President Putin无毛视频檚 money,无毛视频� said Kennedy.
Nobody at Fox was willing to interject a simple fact: WE ARE NOT AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
That might take place later. I hope it doesn无毛视频檛, but it might.
Kennedy was ignoring the obvious fact that Russia isn无毛视频檛 our stated enemy.
He was engaging in bluster.
North Carolina无毛视频檚 wild-eyed Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, has a knack for making hyperbolic statements that are sure to ignite both controversies and campaign cash, I suppose.
无毛视频淚 will just tell you honestly, both governments in both Russia and Ukraine are incredibly corrupt and very vile,无毛视频� Cawthorn recently said after calling Ukraine无毛视频檚 government 无毛视频渧ery vile.无毛视频�
Cawthorn must not have a television.
And if he does, maybe he hasn无毛视频檛 tuned to all of those stations that show the brutal attacks being staged by Russians against those innocent people of Ukraine.
Those people aren无毛视频檛 无毛视频渧ile.无毛视频� They无毛视频檙e the victims of extreme cruelty.
Mr. Cawthorn should probably find another country or country无毛视频檚 government to attack these days.
Political commentator Candace Owens (no relation) on the other hand, has another problem.
She claims that it无毛视频檚 无毛视频渁bsolutely appalling the way Russians are being treated in America and abroad.无毛视频�
Really?
She concluded her tweeted tirade with 无毛视频淩ussian lives matter.无毛视频�
If you pay much attention to the news, you无毛视频檒l find there无毛视频檚 no shortage of bizarre points of view out there.
Surprisingly, Fox News has a national security correspondent, Jennifer Griffin, who无毛视频檚 gaining quite a reputation as somebody at the network who无毛视频檚 knocking down false claims that have been made there.
Last week she went into some detail about the fiction by the Russians that the United States is developing biological weapons that can be used in the war in Ukraine.
There are bio labs in Ukraine, and several countries around the world, that have been developed for biomedicine 无毛视频� but not for weapons.
Yet, Russia appears to be getting its false information about the supposed bioweapons from a familiar source 无毛视频� Tucker Carlson.
Carlson spent two segments on his nightly Fox News show discussing those bio labs to the extent that Russia took note.
He took a statement at a congressional hearing by Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland completely out of context to make his point. 无毛视频淰ictoria Nuland just confirmed that the Russian disinformation they无毛视频檝e been telling us for days is a lie, a conspiracy theory, and crazy and immoral to believe is, in fact, totally and completely true. Whoa,无毛视频� Carlson proclaimed.
The result meant that, according to a report in Mother Jones, there无毛视频檚 a leaked Kremlin memo about directing Russia无毛视频檚 TV stations to make use of Tucker Carlson无毛视频檚 uniquely pro-Russian remarks.
无毛视频淚t is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States (and) NATO,无毛视频� that memo says in part.
Or, as one online commenter wrote: 无毛视频淭ucker Carlson is number one in his time slot again!!! On Russian state television.无毛视频�
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 40-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.