The late, great Rush Limbaugh had the perfect way to describe what we now call the Legacy Media doing its job for a change.
It's a "random act of journalism."
We're seeing that with the massive Alaskan Senatorial race scandal. The New York Times inexplicably dropped its far-Left template to uncover the Democrat plot to steal a senate seat by installing a candidate with the same name as the incumbent Republican — Dan Sullivan.
The story suggests Democrat candidate Mary Peltola knew all about the scheme to sow chaos and shave a few percentage points from the GOP voting tally.
Despicable. And, possibly, criminal. We'll see what happens next, but it sure stinks to high heaven.
The story's details are stunning in both scope and specificity. Just pray that the reporters behind the scoop still have their jobs come New Year's Day. The pressure against them could be sizable, especially if the GOP holds the Senate by a razor-thin margin come November 4.
The Onion just committed a random act of political satire tied to the Alaska scandal.
First, some background.
The Onion had a long, rich history of hitting both sides and going wherever the funny happened to be. That occurred first in print and, later, online.
Then, over the years, The Onion got a bad case of "Saturday Night Live" fever. That show refused to mock Democrats and trained its satirical fire power on GOP targets.
Sad. The Onion followed suit, and the problem worsened when The Babylon Bee entered the chat. The upstart fake news site stole The Onion's thunder, story by story, laugh by laugh. Sure, the Babylon Bee comes from a Christian-based, right-leaning perspective, but it's about comedy, not partisan sniping. And the Bee often swats at President Donald Trump and/or his political allies.
That's why a new Onion "news" article proved both welcome and shocking.
Mary Peltola Insists Scheme To Put Second Dan Sullivan On Ballot Orchestrated By Mary F. Peltola
It's not a story, per se, just a headline and a photograph. In a way, that's all you need to say and share.
To no one's surprise, the site's Instagram comments are all on board with the extreme chicanery. At least its readers took a break from posting Charlie Kirk celebrations to cheer on any deception necessary.
That's not The Onion's fault, and the problem won't be solved by one snappy headline. The Onion is no longer relevant to the culture at large. The Bee is, which is one reason so many fact-checkers hassle the site to see if its news articles are accurate or not.
They're not dumb. They're trying to attack The Babylon Bee in any way they can.
Will The Onion post be a one-off? Will the Legacy Media follow up on the scandal, or will it move on to such hard-hitting stories as the Trumpian arch's shadows, a la The Washington Post?
Now, that's journalism.
Chances are, Limbaugh's "random" adjective will soon be replaced by "rare" or "abnormal."
