*As a media critic for the last 40+ years, I never would have thought that we'd get any truth from right-wing media; * *but, at this moment, it's the rightmost sector of "our free press" that does the most significant reporting, while* *the "liberal media" either misreports it, or just blacks it out entirely. Fox News reported the two stories here below, * *while the New York Times has, so far, not **reported the first one, concerning Pennsylvania, and ran only a brief* *Reuters piece about the second, and—unless I missed it in the paper paper—only online. *
*My friend Lynn Landes (an old comrade from the election integrity movement) has the same disorienting* *sense that it's the rightist media that's been comparatively "fair and balanced" in its COVID-19 coverage: * *"Hate to **say it," she writes, "but the best cable news shows on COVID-19 are right-wing: The Ledger Report* *(* https://www.oann.com/ledger/ *) and Tipping Point (* https://www.oann.com/tippingpoint/*), as well as Mark Levin * *(*https://www.marklevinshow.com*) on the radio." * *In that roster I'd include Tucker Carlson, who's been as sharp in covering the coronavirus crisis as he's* *been in his reporting/commenting on Assad's alleged "gas attacks" in Syria.* *The reasons for that startling difference are worth noting, and discussing in a separate piece. It surely * *has something to do with the libertarian impulse on the right, and the commitment to religious freedom,* *as opposed to the abject statism of the US "left." a bias steepened by Trump Derangement Syndrome* *(Bad Daddy Fauci's always right, Bad Daddy Trump is always wrong); and the CIA's unwholesome grip* *on "the left" press must also be a factor (though they've had their hooks into the rightist press as well).* *In any case, it's way past time to drop our partisan allegiances, and seek the truth wherever it may be.* *MCM* Alito orders Pennsylvania to respond in case asking Supreme Court to halt enforcement of stay-at-home order [image: Tyler Olson] By Tyler Olson <https://www.foxnews.com/person/o/tyler-olson> | Fox News <http://www.foxnews.com/> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alito-orders-pennsylvania-to-respond-in-case-asking-supreme-court-to-halt-enforcement-of-stay-at-home-order Justice Samuel Alito <https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/judiciary/supreme-court> this week ordered the Pennsylvania <https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/pennsylvania> government to respond to arguments from a variety of Pennsylvanians asking the Supreme Court to halt enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf's strict stay-at-home order, aimed at fighting the coronavirus, because they say it is unconstitutional. The Pennsylvanians behind the suit – called petitioners in Supreme Court parlance – are arguing that their rights under the First, Fifth and 14th Amendments have been violated through Wolf's order. The petition lays out a variety of grounds on which it says the order is unconstitutional. "[T]he Order violated the Petitioners rights not to be deprived of their property without due process of law guaranteed by the [Fifth and 14th Amendments], the right not to have their property taken without just compensation guaranteed by the [Fifth Amendment], their right to judicial review guaranteed by the [5th and Fourteenth Amendments], their right to equal protection of the law guaranteed by the [14th Amendment], and their right to free speech and assembly guaranteed by the [First Amendment]," it says. *Click on the link for the rest.* CORONAVIRUS <https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus> Published 2 days ago Illinois judge rules against Gov. Pritzker's stay-at-home order in suit brought by GOP lawmaker [image: Tyler Olson] By Tyler Olson <https://www.foxnews.com/person/o/tyler-olson> | Fox News <http://www.foxnews.com/> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-judge-rules-agianst-gov-pritzker-stay-at-home-order An Illinois <https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/illinois> court has ruled against Gov. J.B. Pritzker <https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local/governors> in a case brought by a Republican state lawmaker seeking a temporary restraining order against the state's stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the coronavirus <https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus> — a ruling that applies only to the one lawmaker but could have wider consequences if others try to follow suit. The lawmaker, state Rep. Darren Bailey, filed a motion late last week that sought to prevent the governor "from taking any action ... which orders Darren Bailey to stay at home, or at his place of residence, as well as limiting his ability to travel within the state..." The motion alleged that Pritzker's stay-at-home order is "in excess of the authority granted him" under Illinois law. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. 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