| GOP Cancel Culture Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R- IL) said on Meet the Press Sunday that some of his Republican colleagues have engaged in “cancel culture” of a different sort. Chuck Todd started the interview saying that Kinzinger was initially going to be joined by some other Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump. "Until we push back and say this is not a Trump-first party, this is a country first party," said Kinzinger. "Until we all kind of stand up and say that, we're going to be kind of chasing our tail here."
Anti-Vaxxers
Approximately fifty protesters described as “members of anti-vaccine and far-right groups” gathered outside of the entrance to Dodgers Stadium on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, California, blocking people in cars from receiving their shots, which resulted in the vaccination site having to be temporarily shut down by the Los Angeles Fire Department.
So that's just great.
ALIENS Elon Musk on Sunday denied having any knowledge of alien life, but said he was “pretty sure he would know about it.” “I have seen nothing to indicate that there any alien civilizations whatsoever,” the SpaceX and Tesla founder said in an interview on the “Clubhouse” app. “I’d be the first to jump on that in a second, but I’ve seen no such evidence. But then again...
Outgoing CNN Exec Gives Stelter Some Advice
CNN’s Richard Davis gave Brian Stelter some parting advice on how to make Reliable Sources a better show before retiring as the network’s executive vice president of News Standards and Practices.
Davis joined Stelter on Sunday for a look back at his 40 year career as the longest-serving executive in the history of cable news. As the executive producer of Reliable Sources since its premiere decades ago, Davis was asked for his thoughts on how the show has stayed relevant for so long. Having on more diverse voices is good advice. Will Stelter take it, though?
Visible Outrage Chris Wallace covered some of the political tensions on Capitol Hill on Fox News Sunday, remarking on the difference in public response to two controversies concerning House Republicans. There’s growing GOP anger at Liz Cheney for her vote to impeach Donald Trump. There has been an eruption of calls within the Republican party for her to be kicked out of House GOP leadership, and just last week Matt Gaetz went to Wyoming to openly campaign against her. Meanwhile, there’s a lot of scrutiny on whether the GOP will do anything in response to recent reporting on staggering, insane conspiracy theories pushed for years from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, including incendiary comments about school shootings and posts about executing Democratic leaders. Kevin McCarthy is apparently going to be talking to Greene this week, but as Wallace observed, “You’ve got a situation right now where there is more visible outrage inside the GOP over Liz Cheney, a member of leadership, voting to impeach the president, rather than some of these wild conspiracy theories being espoused by Marjorie Taylor Greene.” He asked what the GOP can even do about Greene in the first place and whether it rises to the level of expulsion.
A Jarring Comparison
New York University marketing professor Scott Galloway made a jarring argument about the potential psychological ramifications of the GameStop stock trading frenzy, saying it could lead to a surge in "young male depression."
Charles Gasparino Says ‘Populist’ Coverage of GameStop is ‘The Stupidest Stuff I’ve Ever Heard in My Life’ Q&A Often, it seems that what happens on Wall Street stays on Wall Street — at least far as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC are concerned. But the news from the market was so big last week that it received blanket coverage not just on the outlets you would expect — like Fox Business and CNBC — but also on the big three cable news networks and in many other surprising places. And one prominent financial reporter believes that many who weighed in on the chaos surrounding GameStop and several other stocks were completely out of their depth. “It’s some of the stupidest stuff I’ve ever heard in my life.” Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino told Mediaite last Friday. Gasparino was referring specifically to a notion which got traction in the media that the Robinhood financial app cut off trading of GameStop and other companies because their executives were trying to cozy up to their buddies on Wall Street. The Fox Business correspondent called out Rush Limbaugh for being one of those pushing what he sees as a highly false claim — explaining that Robinhood couldn’t continue simply because they didn’t have the cash on hand to settle the high volume of trades being made on the app.
Yet Gasparino figured that the David vs. Goliath narrative which has emerged would lead to flawed, oversimplified coverage... [Read the rest from Mediaite's Joe DePaolo] 6.5.0 | 
