Media vs Media?

I watched part of Roy Cooper's incredibly dull press briefing on Thursday afternoon. The usual cast of clowns was there. Cooper, Dr. Mandy "I don't actually practice medicine" Cohen, and the  guy who directs Emergency Management and always starts his comments with "Thank you Governor Cooper for providing great leadership". I can't remember his name, but he is obviously a case for drug testing.

Reporters aren't actually allowed to attend this event, they have to phone in their questions. This is much like Cooper phoning in his responsibilities as Governor when he sneaks out of the state for fundraisers.

Anyway, a woman representing the  Carolina Press Coalition questioned Roy about why the media could not get records they had requested and in some cases had been told they would not get the records. As all of this is contrary to state law, she asked what he was going to do about the situation. She also pointed out that they were going to sue if they could not get this information. Roy was visibly shaken that a reporter would question royalty.

Roy's word of the day yesterday was "unprecedented". The media is unable to get the records because the work load on state employees is "unprecedented".  You can't do anything because everything COVID-19 touches is "unprecedented".  The only thing not "unprecedented" is the steady stream of bullshit flowing from the lips of Governor Cooper.

This set the stage for the "Media vs Media" show. The Press Coalition filed suit after Roy's briefing rather than waste any more trying to communicate with an idiot. A media coalition suing a Democrat?? Are you serious?? Now, that is "unprecedented"!!

"Media vs Media"? If you are my age, this brings to mind Mad Magazine and "Spy vs Spy". It's just not as funny. This morning, the News & Record had a story about the lawsuit. I didn't watch television this morning since my blood pressure was already high. So a few minutes ago, I checked the news website for three local TV stations. Not a one mentioned the media coalition suit against Cooper. One of the stations had a feature story about Costco starting to offer samples again. WOW!! There's some hard hitting news! So why didn't any television station think that a media group suing the governor was not newsworthy? Nothing here folks, keep moving.