Promoted conspiracy

Is Mike Masterson auditioning for a job at The Onion, or does he not even understand his own complicity in inspiring people to believe the election was stolen, and thus helping foment riots and looting in the U.S. Capitol? I’m sure a lot of other readers shared my exasperation to see Tuesday’s column on one of Arkansas’ rioting celebrities, and see Mr. Masterson talk about “consequences.”

I could only wonder if my eyes deceived me, and maybe this was not the same Mike Masterson who wrote on Dec. 1 on claims about Dominion voting machines, “which would potentially expose the greatest scandal in the history of American politics.” Then he told us we could go to OAN for more on this story.

The irony is pretty rich when a former investigative reporter for our flagship statewide newspaper tells us we can get more information from someplace like OAN. By the way, Fox, Newsmax, and others have been forced to publicly retract their attacks on Dominion because of threatened lawsuits, but I don’t believe that made it into any of Mike’s columns. Later, he told us about “ghost voters,” based on great reporting (yes that’s sarcasm) from Judicial Watch, the same people who told us about ISIS camps near the Texas border.

Unfortunately, there won’t be any consequences for this type of “journalism.” If our local papers employ “investigative journalists” who promote this in the mainstream media, why is anyone surprised when Arkansans make a prominent showing in riots in our Capitol?

Oh well, at least now we know that the appropriate way for Colin Kaepernick to protest was not to take a knee, but to wave our U.S. flag wildly while beating police officers with it.

GREG ROUNTREE

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