Self-Awareness FAIL: Jim VandeHei Blames Death Of The Legacy Media On 'A Couple Of Bad Apples'

Posted • April 9, 2025: The best part about the dead legacy media becoming completely irrelevant in recent years, but particularly since Donald Trump won re-election last November, is that they absolutely do not understand the reason why. Of course, it's possible that some of them DO know the reason and simply refuse to say it out loud, but that might be even funnier. They died because they refused to be honest with people, and yet they still refuse to be honest. It's almost poetic in its deliciousness. Yesterday, Jim VandeHei, the founder of Politico and Axios, sat down for an interview with Bari Weiss of The Free Press on her podcast and, in the clip below, lamented the destruction of traditional media and outlined the reasons he believes that no one trusts them anymore.

Axios founder Jim VandeHei says trust in American media collapsed in three phases. 1. Twitter exposed the political bias of “objective” journalists. 2. Coverage of Covid, “defund the police,” and word policing didn’t sit right with Americans. 3. The lack of coverage around Joe Biden’s mental decline was the final straw. “And it breaks my heart… I am a fierce defender of journalism… I think it’s a couple of bad apples who make it look bad for for everyone.” —— LOL. 'A few bad apples'? Nice try. Sir, the problem is the entire fucking orchard. We have to wonder if VandeHai noticed the worms crawling around his own head as he was saying this. Because he is one of the rottenest apples of them all. We might remind him that he is the same person who recently screamed at Elon Musk (while accepting a 'journalism' award, of course) for saying the exact same things about legacy journalists, including him.

Just a couple of months ago, VandeHei also tweeted that the REAL problem with the California wildfires was that it was difficult for Democrats to be able to blame them on Trump. Yes, X did expose media bias. Yes, the media acted disgracefully during COVID and regarding policing speech. And yes, the media participated in the greatest scandal in modern political history by covering up Joe Biden's senility. Guess who was guilty of all three of those sins, Jimbo? It wasn't just 'a few bad apples.' It was the entire legacy media establishment, and VandeHei was chief among them. —— Founder of Politico and Axios says what now? https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/GoCeAV2XcAAIpg-.mp4 —— It's hilarious, but it's also very insulting to Americans (another reason why everyone hates the media). VandeHei simply assumes people will not remember Axios's coverage of COVID, or George Floyd riots, or 'misinformation.'

Axios hosted some of the worst Big Pharma propaganda during the pandemic. "If you are vaccinated, you can feel safe you will not get infected." - Dr. Fauci. Axios is part of the same corrupt media swamp. https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1909725879997014016/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/qhNC8FVyTOrZzSSF.mp4 —— Oops. If you notice the lower right corner of the screen in that interview between Axios's Mike Allen and Tony Fauci, it is sponsored by … Big Pharma. —— Iran Deal -> Russiagate -> impeachment etc. That Obama information operations are off the table is the tell. No rehabilitation of liberal media without full disclosure of complicity. The examples of media malfeasance that VandeHei left out are just as important as the ones he included. It has been a steady climb down since the Obama years. The lack of trust has been earned. Americans have witnessed mainstream media institutions abandon standards repeatedly to advance preferred narratives. And the entire time the consistent response would be defensive gaslighting with no self-reflection.

There were a lot of moments before then, but the Kavanaugh confirmation was a key turning point where it was clear that major outlets weren’t just biased but were willing to spread intentional and obvious lies just because they thought it would help advance specific political goals. It was impossible to overlook. VandeHei doesn't mention the disgraceful reporting around Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination because he was one of the ones spreading those intentional and obvious lies. VandeHei lives inside a leftist bubble he helped create and then wonders why everyone outside of that bubble is laughing at him. (…)

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