A Pizzagater Walks Into TPUSA

Jack Posobiec, the notorious pro-Trump internet troll who made a name for himself pushing the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, has been hired by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth group run by Charlie Kirk.

Posobiec rocketed to social media fame as a relentless proponent of Pizzagate, a bizarre theory that claimed Hillary Clinton and her allies ran a child sex-trafficking ring out of D.C.’s Comet Ping Pong.

Posobiec has now joined right-wing website Human Events as an editor. In a press release, Human Events said he was also joining Turning Point USA.

It seems there is no shortage of work in certain conservative media, as long as you're someone who has been famously and repeatedly discredited.

White House Sources Dispute Politico Scoop on Meghan McCain...

Mediaite's Tommy Christopher writes: Politico posted an item claiming that President Joe Biden’s administration “snubbed” The View co-host Meghan McCain, while giving Whoopi Goldberg “the VIP treatment” in the effort to increase confidence in the Covid vaccines — but White House sources refute, and Politico’s own reporting undermines, that claim.

On Friday morning, Politico Playbook — authored by Tara Palmeri, Eugene Daniels, Rachael Bade, and Ryan Lizza — featured a banner headline read “W.H. gives Whoopi the VIP treatment — but snubs Meghan McCain.”

The item features a complaint from an unnamed “The View insider” that when McCain offered to be vaccinated live on the air, she didn’t hear back, but Whoopi Goldberg was “treated to a private briefing” on vaccination messaging.

According to White House sources, though, there was no “snub” or “VIP treatment” or anything of the sort, and Politico was told this but did not include it in their reporting.

McCain’s outreach came in early March, and the White House did respond through McCain’s representatives to say that she was not eligible for the vaccine. But crucially, the White House told The View that they would be happy to include McCain once she became eligible.

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'Overhyping' Eatery Closures

As restaurants began to shutter 'the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, many forecasted the industry to be ravaged long-term.

So when The National Restaurant Association announced only 14% of food establishments were forced to close permanently during the pandemic, Fox Sports Radio host Colin Cowherd  — a restaurant owner himself — hoped the media would report it as a positive story.

"The media sees itself as so above the public that they never give the public credit," Cowherd complained to his co-host Joy Taylor.

"The media has gotten increasingly overdramatic on everything. Everything’s end of the world."