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THE MEDIA’S SELECTIVE POUNCING

The Yemen Text Scandal: A Study in Selective Outrage

The media will not let go of the Trump administration’s text messaging blunder—a leaked Signal chat exposing plans for Yemen strikes—has ignited a firestorm. Top officials, including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Vice President J.D. Vance, inadvertently added The Atlantic’s far-left reporter, Jeffrey Goldberg to a discussion detailing military coordinates, strike timings, and economic concerns like oil prices. Democrats are apoplectic, demanding resignations and congressional probes, warning that U.S. service members’ lives were endangered — calling the administration “irresponsible.” President Trump shrugs it off, saying, “It couldn’t have been very effective, because the attack was very effective.” Meanwhile, the media amplifies the scandal with nonstop, over-the-top headlines. The outrage is everywhere — but it’s also glaringly selective. Compare this to Biden’s four years, where exuding stupidity was a daily routine — or the Obama era, where scandals of equal or greater magnitude were met with muted coverage or outright excuses from the same voices now clutching their pearls.

Let’s rewind to Obama’s Operation Fast and Furious.
It was a debacle that should haunt the Obama administration’s legacy. From 2009 to 2011, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), under Attorney General Eric Holder, ran a “gunwalking” scheme, allowing thousands of firearms to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The goal? Track the weapons to dismantle trafficking networks. The result? A catastrophic failure. Hundreds of guns vanished, only to resurface at crime scenes, including the 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. When Congress demanded answers, Holder stonewalled, refusing to release documents. In 2012, he became the first sitting Attorney General held in contempt of Congress—a bipartisan rebuke, with 17 Democrats joining Republicans. Yet, the consequences were nil. Holder kept his job, and the Justice Department shielded him. The media? Largely complicit. Outlets like The New York Times framed it as a partisan squabble, downplaying the lethal fallout—over 300 Mexican deaths tied to those guns—and the administration’s refusal to come clean.

Contrast that with today’s Yemen text fiasco. Yes, it’s a serious lapse—Waltz’s “Final go on Yemen strikes—coordinates locked” and Vance’s “Oil prices could spike if this drags” were never meant for public eyes. But the mission succeeded: Houthi targets were hit, and no American lives were lost. Democrats like Senator Ron Wyden cry for resignations, insisting this endangered troops. The media, from CNN to The Guardian, fuels the narrative, dissecting every message and speculating on hypothetical disasters. Yet where was this fervor when Obama’s scandals left real bodies in their wake? The double standard is staggering.

Benghazi: Another Obama-era stain. 
On September 11, 2012, terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Libya, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The administration’s response was a masterclass in evasion. Initial claims bogusly pinned it on a spontaneous protest over a YouTube video centered around Islam —a story peddled by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice—despite evidence of a planned assault. Requests for added security had been ignored by the Obama administration, and during the 13-hour siege, no meaningful rescue was mounted. Congressional hearings revealed a fog of incompetence and deceit, yet the media soft-pedaled it. The Washington Post and others fixated on Republican “overreach,” not the administration’s failures. No resignations followed. Clinton sailed into her 2016 campaign unscathed, while the families of the fallen got platitudes, not accountability.

Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal
Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal was a nightmare that overshadows the Yemen text scandal in both scale and consequence. In August 2021, the chaotic pullout left 13 U.S. service members dead in a Kabul airport bombing, billions in equipment abandoned, and countless allies stranded. The administration’s handling was beyond sloppy—marked by ignored warnings and a frantic evacuation where desperate Afghans clung to a U.S. military plane’s wing during takeoff, only to fall to their deaths, all captured on video for the world to witness. Yet the media barely lingered on Biden’s blunder, swiftly shifting focus. Democrats issued no sustained calls for resignations; headlines faded fast. Contrast that with today: a sloppy text thread with zero casualties dominates the news, pundits and lawmakers conjuring phantom soldier deaths that never happened.

Biden’s border crisis
It was a slow-motion catastrophe. His administration’s open-border policies have flooded the U.S. with unchecked migrants, fueling a surge in fentanyl poisoning and drug overdoses that have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Gang members and illegals have raped, beaten, and murdered citizens—Laken Riley’s 2024 killing by an illegal immigrant is just one tragic example—while stealing jobs and straining communities. Where was the media’s outrage? Riley’s death barely registered; victims’ stories are buried. Democrats and the press fret over hypothetical lives lost in Yemen, yet ignore the real carnage at home.

The Yemen strikes 
Despite the Trump’s text messaging mistake, in Yemen, only terrorists died. Waltz’s “B-2s airborne, ETA 0300 Zulu” and Hegseth’s “Houthi response contained” bore fruit—no American blood was spilled. Yet Democrats and the media clutch at hypotheticals, decrying a “brazen violation” of security. Where was this vigilance when Fast and Furious armed cartels, or when Benghazi’s pleas went unheard? Where was the outrage when Biden’s retreat turned Kabul into a graveyard? Where are the headlines stating Biden’s open borders killed nearly half-a-million Americans via drugs and murders? The answer lies in politics, not principle. Obama and Biden, darlings of the progressive establishment, got passes. Trump, the perennial outsider, gets no such grace.

PATHETIC NARRATIVES

The media’s role here is telling. During Obama’s tenure, scandals were framed as bureaucratic hiccups or Republican witch hunts. Fast and Furious coverage faded as Holder dug in; Benghazi became a partisan football, not a national reckoning. Today, the Yemen texts are a “catastrophic leak,” a “historic mishandling,” with every outlet from Reuters to CNN keeping it alive. This isn’t about safeguarding troops—it’s about narrative control. The same press that buried Biden’s and Obama’s messes now amplifies Trump’s every stumble, real or imagined. Consider these past lapses they shrugged off:

• Clinton’s Private Emails: Obama’s Secretary of State mishandled classified info on a private server; media called it a GOP obsession.
  

• Biden’s Classified Docs: Found unsecured at home in 2023, yet coverage waned despite the hypocrisy.
  

• Hunter’s WhatsApp: A 2017 message hinting at Joe’s involvement got a collective yawn from mainstream outlets.

Accountability matters. Waltz’s error was a major mistake that should not have happened, and a price should be paid—termination wouldn’t be unjust if Trump went there, though he won’t. But the sanctimonious pile-on reeks of hypocrisy. When Holder defied Congress, no one marched him out. When Benghazi burned and 4 American men died, no heads rolled. When Kabul fell, the outrage was fleeting. Now, a successful strike with a sloppy backstory becomes a capital crime. The lesson? Scandal isn’t judged by its toll—it’s judged by who’s in the crosshairs. Trump’s team deserves scrutiny, but the selective amnesia of Democrats and their media allies exposes a deeper truth: in Washington, outrage is a weapon, wielded only when it suits the wielders. Let’s move on already.

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