I thought I was done writing stories that include the phrase “January 6th” in them for a while, but this was just too good not to share, and I promise, the inclusion of January 6th is strictly ancillary.
Yesterday evening, CNN’s on-air violence erupted between Mary Katherine Ham & Andrew Kaczynski. As a Republican analyst and former CNN employee, the former represents one of few intellectually straight people (if not the sole) left. The latter runs CNN’s K-File, which is an investigative wing that harasses Trump-supporting grandmas and such.
To understand what happened, we first have to start with Ron DeSantis’ comments on January 6th. Part of those included an assertion by the Florida governor that the Congressional baseball shooting, which gravely injured Steve Scalise while others narrowly escaped with their lives, didn’t get much coverage from the mainstream media. That then led to a snarky response from The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman. Ham had originally replied to Haberman.
My home was just a few blocks from the field. Within 48 hours the news vans had disappeared. After almost being cancelled by mass murder, I was live on television from the field. My topic was “Mike Pence, reportedly, hired a lawyer.” https://t.co/b5lIakIwIb
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 7, 2022
Kaczynski apparently found Ham’s assertion objectionable. He attempted to “fact-check” her by claiming that she did discuss the shooting on-air. Ham responded by presenting another set of facts about what had happened that day.
Hi, Andrew. This was indeed a story. It happened within 24 hours. This segment was based on the galactically stupid Sanford contention that it was *Trump’s rhetoric* that caused it, bc of course. Pointed out Nats Park hit bc it was overlooking the game & yet not focused on this. https://t.co/ilUflRJ60d
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 8, 2022
Got jack to say about Cuomo and Toobin, but gotta fact-check me when he’s got nothing.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 8, 2022
It’s that last tweet that is really the knock-out blow. Normally, you would think that CNN employees wouldn’t go after other CNN employees. In the case of Chris Cuomo, the various pedophile producers, and Jeffrey Toobin’s self-pleasuring, that’s been true for Kaczynski. He didn’t mention those scandals, nor did he criticize anyone involved.
But let Ham make one comment he doesn’t like (that is objectively true), and he’s suddenly really outspoken about his colleagues. Weird, right? It’s almost as if he bases his criticisms on pure partisan hackery. Kaczynski was an absolute clown and blocked me from Twitter because he mildly commented on my post. I called it absurd. He can dish it out, including siccing his investigative wing on randos for making fun of Nancy Pelosi, but he sure can’t take it.
Ham was able to engage in the conversation and respond to her bosses’ questions. And while it’d be easy to suggest she’d be a better fit back at Fox News, I think she’s right where she needs to be — causing waves at CNN.
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