In about 2 hours, former FBI Director James Comey is set to testify in what the media has been hyping all week as an event akin to the Super Bowl:
The Comey hearing is shaping up to be Washington's Super Bowl | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/2yiwHApYar pic.twitter.com/YDpcrR2tab
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 6, 2017
But is the MSM really prepared for what’s about to happen? Allahpundit asks:
Is the media prepared for the sheer magnitude of the letdown from this testimony?
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 8, 2017
Exactly. Thanks to Comey’s pre-released opening statement yesterday, we know it’s going to be, at best for the MSM, a tie:
There is some good news for Trump in this Comey testimony, via @MZHemingway, @MattWalshBlog and @benshapiro https://t.co/aMdW9H28Sp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 7, 2017
Anyway, we expect the MSM to fight back against the narrative that they’ve overhyped it, as they’re already doing. Here’s McCay Coppins from The Atlantic misconstruing what Allahpundit tweeted:
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/872783182869000192
Cheap shot and unfair. I’ve never said the media is “the real story.” But the hype today is off the chart
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 8, 2017
Our argument isn’t that this isn’t a major story. Our argument is why didn’t the MSM lose it over equally big stories such as Fast and Furious, IRS targeting conservatives, Benghazi, Solyndra, etc., etc., etc.
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Of course it’s major. Yesterday’s prepared remarks really didn’t tell us anything that hasn’t been reported, tho.
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 8, 2017
Well, Comey did tell us that Donald Trump was telling the truth about the 3 times Comey informed the president that he wasn’t the target of the investigation:
It hasn’t been reported that Comey told Trump three times he wasn’t a target. Trump said this, but we had no reason to believe him.
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) June 8, 2017
And that proves Allahpundit’s point!
Right, true. I thought that was the big takeaway yesterday. And also why the “Comey’s gonna get Trump today!” hype is overblown
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 8, 2017