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To the editor:
This is a response to Mr. Anderson’s (Feb. 20) instructing “fellow voters” on what to believe and not believe, based upon a deceptively inaccurate quote from Sen. Thom Tillis.
Sen. Tillis’s actual statement to an unknown question, Mr. Anderson referenced, was: “I think that that runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense, but clearly you saw Biden do it. It’s not uncommon for presidents to flex a little bit on where they can spend and where they can stop spending.” [Emphasis added to the deleted portion of the quote. Ref. Deirdre Walsh NPR.com]
Please listen to the NPR audio file. It is obvious that Sen. Tillis’s dismissive comment was directed at an individual and not an admission that President Trump was acting unconstitutionally. When Sen. Tillis stated “nobody should bellyache about that”, he was talking to you Mr. Anderson. You didn’t “bellyache” when Presidents Biden, Clinton or Obama acted unconstitutionally.
Let’s be perfectly clear, Mr. Anderson is not to be blamed for the falsehood; he is just the predictable outcome of someone that is a consumer of a biased media. Imagine if the entire political media landscape was a baseball field with left, right and center field. The sources Mr. Anderson references (Politico, NOTUS and Robert Reich) would be so far beyond left field, you would find yourself waiting in line at the sno-cone concession. Yet he wants the media to “wake up” and claim there is a coup occurring based upon a biased opinion article and a misquote. Unfortunately, the media can’t wake up. They’re still too tired after four years of acting like a cat with the trots; franticly covering up for Joe Biden and now the orange man is pulling hour long press conferences three times a week interrupting their naps.
However, the good news is, the American electorate is waking up with only 28% having fair or a great amount of confidence in the press coverage of the President; [Ref.YouGov.com] and inaccurate articles, like the one referenced, are the reason why.
Kurt Musselman, Mocksville