The Rabid Watchdog

 There is one thing we know for sure about the 21st century. Thanks to the internet anyone who wants to can become a journalist. You don't need to go to school for it. or have any sense of ethics anymore. You don't need to pretend you are impartial, or fair minded. All you need is a smart phone, maybe a microphone, and a YouTube channel. Throw in what passes for a studio down in the basement, or in your spare bedroom and wham bam you are the next best thing to Tucker, by God, Carlson.

All of which brings us to the Right Side Broadcasting Network. RSBN, as they like to call themselves, was established in 2015 by, Joe Seales in Auburn, AL. The network coasted along, pretty much in the shadows that first year. Then along came Donald John Trump.

During Trump's 2016 presidential campaign RSBN sent out crews to each and every Trump rally and lived streamed all of his speeches. They were so dogged at it the network became the, "Official Streaming Site," for the Trump run. They were touted on his Facebook site and viewership went through the roof. The YouTube channel received millions of hits that year.   

The Trump people were so grateful to Seales and his people RSBN was granted White House press credentials during his administration so they could expand their coverage of all things Trumpian. This coverage continued during the 2020 campaign and to this day. If  Donald Trump utters even a single word you can catch it on the network. At the moment the YouTube channel has 1.57 million subscribers.

In order to keep up with the times and not end up like those notorious lefties at Fox News RSBN has had to adopt the militancy of the hard core MAGA cultists. In other words, the crazier Trump's fans have become, the crazier their reporting has become.

The other day they sent correspondent Mathew Alvarez to Erie, PA in order to cover the action. Before the rally began he approached a Trump admirer and asked him why he was there. The front end of the rube's answer was your standard Trumpist nonsense. After he called Joe Biden a disgrace Alvarez chimed in and said, "And so are the lefts, RINOS (Republicans in name only ie. anyone deemed not sufficiently loyal to Donald Trump) and the globalists."  The initial response to Alvarez's observation was drowned out by the reporter saying, "globalist."  then the man repeated himself, looking directly at Alvarez while Alvarez looked at him. 'I say Kill 'em all, " he said. "Kill 'em all." Then he laughed. The response of Mathew Alvarez was, " I agree with that." 

Ahh yes. 21st century journalism at its best.

Mr. Alvarez moved on after that, telling a woman, "Ma'am I love your shirt. I stand with Trump. What a great shirt to wear." The Twitter video which is out there thankfully cuts off there.

It didn't take long for someone at RSBN to figure out advocating the murder of political opponents wasn't the best of ideas, even at a Trump rally. Hey, let's face facts here. YouTube has a few rules about shit like that. Someone was quickly in Alvarez's ear. Later he said, "So if there was something that happened, where somebody was speaking out there, I didn't hear those words spoken. It's very loud outside. All I know is I'm here for God, for this country, for truth, for President Trump, that sort of thing. Definitely not a proponent of anything like that happening." 

A co-host said, "They will take a clip of that and run with it. (Presumably they being people like CNN and MSNBC) We all know that's not what you meant." Alvarez responded with, "I didn't say it, I didn't hear the guy say it."

Well Matt, you might not have said it, but you heard exactly what that crazy old fuck said and you agreed with him. And everyone who has watched that video knows it, no matter what you and the rest of those dreadful clowns at RSBN say.

The term, "fourth estate," refers to the watchdog role of a free press. But who watches the watchdog? Especially when it has come down with rabies.

The ghost of Joe Goebbels is proud. 

8-1-23