As a result, the media are stuck in limbo now since they are hesitant to acknowledge he lied, and they are also holding back on looking critically at the scope and breadth of the pardon. That this is a blanket pardon stretching back for over a decade and even includes crimes Hunter “may have committed” leads to all manner of uncomfortable conclusions. Best to not even address the details, right?

Then we also look at the alleged mass migration of users - mainly press members - away from Xitter and to the growing platform Bluesky. As many journalists make their dramatic exit the reality is they are creating an insulated environment filled with blocking users and suspending accounts that do not comport with their worldviews. There may be evidence this exodus is already slowing to a trickle.

And lastly, we look at an undercurrent story in the NFL where the swelling willingness of conservatives and MAGA Nation to become more vocal and front-facing socially might be inspiring the Washington Football franchise to revisit its original team name of the Redskins.

Now, crack one open and savor some mainstream media malpractice and misinformation.

LINKAGE PARK

• The press has become forced to contort coverage of the pardon because of the position it placed them into.

• Chuck Todd amusingly lashed out at Biden for the supposedly unacceptable act, but the reality is this was Chuckles basically saying, “How could you do this to US?!”

• On “The Today Show,” they covered Joe Biden’s lie about never pardoning his son – they just could not call it a lie.

• White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre looks far worse after more than a year of lying about a Joe Biden pardon.

• Media members continue to flee Xitter and posture like they are making a difference.

• Meanwhile, the site is a festival of intolerance, and people realizing this are no longer joining in.

• Is the wave of conservative-MAGA freedom spurring a change back to the Washington Redskins?