On CNN's Reliable Sources, viewers were treated to one of its usual (ahem) "hard-hitting" pieces of journalism, this time about how "Meme Wars Grab Headlines Amid 2020 Primary Race."  One of the guests on the segment was David Frum, a former George H.W. Bush speechwriter who became an Obama-supporter and then a Trump-hater. One of the CNN talking heads (I have no idea which one) gave Frum the following opening: David, one of the things that is so interesting and, I think, sinister about this stuff, is that it really does have the impact of trying to increase cynicism and apathy. That that's part of its goal. To sort of muddy the waters. Tell us a little bit about your insights into that. Frum shot back an answer that is so incredibly ill informed that it's one for the record books: Well, it has an effect also on people's affirmative ideas. One of the things that Donald Trump tried to spread in 2016 was the idea that...(Read Full Post)