CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 18, 2017
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ISN’T CRAZY. WE NOW HAVE THAT OFFICIALLY FROM HIS DOCTOR, WHO SAID TUESDAY THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS EXCELLENT PHYSICAL CONDITION, THE PRESIDENT SCORED 30 OUT OF 30 ON A COGNITIVE TEST HE ASKED TO TAKE TO COUNTER ALLEGATIONS HE IS NOT IN FULL POSSESSION OF HIS MENTAL FACULTIES.
WILL THIS STOP HIS CRITICS? OF COURSE IT WON’T. THEY WILL SIMPLY LOOK FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO USE AGAINST HIM AND THE ANTI-TRUMP MEDIA WILL FOLLOW.
I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE MEDIA. MOST ARE SMART AND TALENTED, BUT THEY HAVE A BLINDNESS THAT CAN’T BE CURED. THEY CLAIM THEY ARE OBJECTIVE WHEN THE EVIDENCE CLEARLY PROVES THEY ARE NOT. IN FACT, AS THE LATE DAVID BRINKLEY NOTED, “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE OBJECTIVE, SO WE MUST TRY TO BE FAIR.”
THEN THERE IS THE MEDIA’S GREATEST POWER: THE POWER TO IGNORE. STORIES THAT WOULD MITIGATE CHARGES AND ASSUMPTIONS AGAINST CONSERVATIVES ARE IGNIORED IN FAVOR OF STORIES THAT REINFORCE THE MEDIA’S BIASES.
THESE ARE PROVABLE FACTS, JUST LIKE WE NOW HAVE PROOF THE PRESIDENT ISN’T NUTS. AREN’T YOU GLAD? I’M CAL THOMAS IN WASHINGTON.
