The recent declaration by the US president to advance a controversial fund if his attorney general nominee doesn’t clear Senate hurdles is a classic play from the political playbook, yet somehow mainstream outlets like CNN and NBC are spinning it as “bold leadership.” Give me a break! This is nothing but a veiled threat, a political maneuver steeped in desperation, and corporate media is gushing over it like it’s some sort of breakthrough. They’d rather hawk narratives than report facts.

Meanwhile, Fox News is capitalizing on the president’s predicament, framing it as yet another failure of the “deep state” to approve his appointees. But hold up—are we seriously buying the whole “they’re blocking our guy” angle? Why don’t we start asking tough questions about the qualifications of his pick? Instead, Fox is pushing a narrative that shifts focus from accountability to some alleged war against the “Biden agenda.”

What’s needed now isn’t left- or right-wing cheerleading, but hard-hitting journalism that poses the significant questions: Why is this fund controversial? What’s really at stake? Both sides are too busy playing politics to realize they’re peddling distractions. The American public deserves better than media spin that ultimately serves a political agenda, while we get caught in the crossfire.