Jorge Bonilla spent the Biden years bashing non-right-wing media as the “Regime Media” — but now he’s part of the Trump Regime Media, serving as an simping apologist for the administration in a Jan.30 post:
If there was any doubt that the Regime Media have fully transitioned back into Resistance Mode, one need look no further than coverage of the Office of Management and Budget’s pullback of its funding freeze memo. Without evidence, ABC and CBS misrepresented the rescission of the memo as a full rescission of the decision to freeze funding for certain government programs.
The most egregious instance of this comes via ABC’s Mary Bruce, former Biden Chief Apple Polisher, who uses a partial and out of context quote in order to misrepresent a complete pullback of the funding freeze:
Bonilla then quoted a statement by the MRC’s new favorite White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, insisting that the spending cuts “will be rigorously implemented” despite retracting the memo:
Note that “will be rigorously implemented” is a citation presented without attribution, in support of Bruce’s presentation of The White House’s position as some sort of weird funds freeze hopium after publishing its rescission of the underlying memo. Had Bruce used the full quote, her premise of a retreat would’ve been blown to bits. And who, you ask, did Bruce deceptively misquote? None other than White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
[…]Leavitt was crystal clear but Resistance Media does not let facts get in the way of a good narrative: the (fake) narrative being, in this case, the Trump White House taking a rare L after a week and a half of shock and awe. The gross misrepresentation of Leavitt’s quote is, by definition, the fakest of fake news.
Bonilla won’t admit it, but the Trump White House did make a hash of things, as an honest media outlet reported:
Wednesday’s statement from the White House could add to the confusion rather than clarify it. Leavitt said the administration expects that rescinding the memo will end the court case against it, but that executive orders on funding reviews issued by President Trump “remain in full force and effect and will be rigorously implemented by all agencies and departments.”
Under the original OMB memo obtained by NPR, a temporary pause in funding was set to take effect Tuesday evening, but a senior administration official said that the pause could be as short as a day if an agency determined its programs were in compliance.
The official said the directive should not be interpreted as a full funding freeze. The official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the internal memo, said that agencies are supposed to review their grants, loans and programs to ensure that they align with the new administration’s priorities.
Administration officials have insisted that the impacts are misunderstood, but the actual text of the memo is far-reaching and the follow-up guidance has been criticized as vague.
Bonilla didn’t explain how one retracts a memo announcing a certain policy without affecting the policy itself.
And note that even as he was complaining that the “Regime Media have fully transitioned back into Resistance Mode,” Bonilla refused to admit that he has fully transitioned from Resistance Mode into Trump Regime Media.