THE WAYWARD PRESS – AT 9:46 A.M. ET:   That was the way the late critic, A.J. Liebling, described the press.  Wayward then, wayward now.  Except the waywardness now is far more vicious.  In the opening weeks of the Trump administration we've seen a press literally out of control, anguished that their gal lost the election, unable to cope.  There are clinics for this.  Prescription drugs.  Counseling.  Religious instruction.  But the journalists avoid all of them.  And the media mistakes are piling up.  From Daily Caller: 

Journalists can’t seem to get their stories straight in the opening weeks of the Trump administration, whether in tweets or in articles where falsehoods have been spread almost daily.

The mistakes have not just been from newer liberal news outlets such The Huffington Post or BuzzFeed, but from legacy media like Reuters, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

What follows are several botched stories or conflicting reports since President Trump took office.

The Trump administration eases sanctions on a Russian intelligence agency.

NBC reported Thursday that the Trump administration was easing sanctions on the FSB, one of Russia’s primary intelligence agencies. Peter Alexander, NBC’s national correspondent, tweeted, “US Treasury Dept easing Obama admin sanctions to allow companies to do transactions with Russia’s FSB, successor org to KGB.”

Less than an hour later, he wrote, “Source familiar w sanctions says it’s a technical fix, planned under Obama, to avoid unintended consequences of cybersanctions.” His initial and incorrect tweet received nearly seven thousand retweets and the correction has less than 300 retweets.

Vanity Fair is still running the uncorrected article: “Russian Stocks Surge As Comrade Trump Eases Relations With Vlad.”

The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice were blindsided by Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees.

The New York Times came out with a report this past week titled: “How Trump’s Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos.”

COMMENT:  Please read the entire well-reported piece.  It demonstrates just how botched things have become in the media.  There is a general recklessness and immaturity, and the clear result of several generations of lightweight "higher" education, administered by leftist leftovers from the 1960s.  Other than that, all is fine.

February 6, 2017