Who watches the watchers? is an ancient Latin phrase that succinctly expresses the quandary of how a society constrains the behavior of those empowered to constrain the behavior of others. Every society needs someone to uphold the public good — police, judges, rulers — but how do you keep them good?
The idea is so timeless that, even 2,000 years later, it’s still used in our popular culture — except now we need to extend this idea to news outlets that lie on behalf of those in power rather than hold them accountable.
The New York Times has been in a long death spiral of credibility and social value. It’s gone from merely having a liberal slant to printing highly questionable content during the War on Terror to now just an endless stream of frothing-at-the-mouth progressive propaganda.
This week, people are pummeling The Times because of how much its own staff hates the paper, but they’ve also gotten in trouble for carrying water for the Clinton campaign, lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop, and a whole list of “whoppers” we’ve put together for you.
Now add to the list covering for a billion-dollar criminal.
In November, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, cost investors billions when it collapsed in on itself. Coverage of the disaster focused on the alleged criminal behavior of CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (or SBF), like his dishonesty, illicit use of customer funds, terrible business decisions and lacuna of internal controls.
Democrats caught again & Nothing Happens to them !!! Above the Law