But (for some strange reason) when it comes to a media person running afoul of the mother tongue, WE are the ones who always hear it wrong?

For today’s edition, we have Canadian-born Kimberly Halkett, White House correspondent for Al Jazeera English during a press conference claiming she responded to Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany with “Okay, you don’t want to engage” when it clearly sounds like she said “Okay, you’re a lying bitch”.

Here’s the full exchange in context.

“Okay, you don’t want to engage.”

Sure.

And for some strange reason, men seem to come rushing to the defense when it comes to a media blonde (natural or bleached).

It also appears to be an all-hands-on-deck from The Daily Beast’s liberal defenders.

This Adam Rawnsley is a “reporter” and after a quick online search, we see zero evidence he has any kind of audio expertise to conduct any kind of meaningful forensics. There is no such thing as an “isolation filter” aside of a physical mount to shield a microphone from ambient noise. Enjoy impressing the ignorant much? Had a conservative reportedly said this, no extraordinary effort would be set aside for in-depth examination.

Think we struck a nerve?

It sure sounded like MSNBC’s Alison Morris said “niggers” when reporting about the death of former Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. She said she didn’t, race-baiting pundits (who’d have none of it had it come from the mouth of a conservative) claimed temporary deafness, and she still has her job.

Today’s millennial journalists talk to others, even up to the President of the United States, like they would to their enabling parents. They are routinely rude and talk over those they claim to be asking questions of. There is no professionalism and recognition of appropriate decorum.

Kimberly Halkett could be someone who was used to getting her way. Being caught in her rudeness was another episode she could deny and be pacified to avoid any subsequent tantrum.

But it sure sounds like she called the White House Press Secretary a “lying bitch”.

Unlike entitled brats, audio doesn’t lie.

During the previous administration, you can maybe count on the fingers of one hand how many questions President Obama received that began with “I know you don’t want to talk about….” Not only did Fox News’ 37-year-old Kristin Fisher start off with that question to President Trump, but it was preceded by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl’s attempt at a gotcha asked while withholding pertinent information and it kinda’ backfired.

It didn’t take the butthurt media to long to get in another behind-the-back dig during the process.

Donald Trump trashes inspector general who revealed hundreds of hospitals are short of tests and getting masks from auto shops – then smears 21-year civil servant as an ‘Obama appointee’ even though HE promoted her to her latest role

Heaven forbid a 21-year civil servant lifer be criticized for not observing internal protocols so the president can be publicly embarrassed. If this isn’t about politics, how many “nonpartisan” inspector general reports were used to blindside President Obama on the federal government’s response to a crisis situation while it was happening?

Anyone… anyone…?

What should be the obvious is reporters shouldn’t enter a press briefing with an agenda or gotcha question unless they really have their shit together; especially when the target knows veiled salvos are always incoming. When reporters are careful of being busted with an agenda and their only response when challenged is “I don’t know”, that’s a recipe for disaster (or entertainment at their expense).

Well, it has happened with alarming consistency. At virtually every one of these briefings, there is a moment where he lashes out in very personal terms at a reporter.

The liberal media has been trying to have Donald Trump removed or worse from the day after the 2016 election. It doesn’t get any more “personal” than that, Jon.

He’s done it to me now twice. He’s done it to several of my colleagues. I have to say — I hear that he is spending a good chunk of each day complaining to his top advisers about the way his response to this crisis is being portrayed in the news media. He truly cares about this and is, to a degree, obsessed about it. So, you know, he lashes out, like I said, virtually every day in one of these briefings. He can insult me all he wants. I don’t care What matters is getting to the bottom of what is happening with the federal response and how people should be responding to this crisis.
— Jonathan Karl, ABC News chief White House correspondent on The View, 4/7/20

Typical sanctimonious media response. Try to make someone look bad and when it backfires, play the victim. While President Trump may hurt the fragile feelings of reporters, President Obama took things to a level the press is obviously relieved has not been passed down.

‘Jon Karl is Not a Third-Rate Reporter’: Fox’s Bret Baier Defends Reporters After ‘Salty’ Trump Attacks

Such thin skins. They relish an opportunity to destroy anyone in their news cycle but turn it back on the media and the lose their collective minds.

And they’re all bent because fewer trust the professional media every passing day.