QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:

Shot: Why does the media never call world leaders ‘far left?’

MSNBC weighed in with a piece likening [Italy’s Giorgia Meloni] to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and other “white feminists” who are part of “crypto-fascistic and white nationalist movements.” The piece claims that Meloni’s election “is absolutely anything but a win for feminism,” but rather “an exemplar of how some white women weaponize gender and use it to oppress other women and minorities.” For its part, CNN published a piece with the headline “Giorgia Meloni claims victory to become Italy’s most far-right prime minister since Mussolini,” describing Meloni as a fascist who was “raising fears for the future of women’s rights in the country.”

Matteo Renzi, a former prime minister who is liberal, threw cold water on the idea that Meloni is a fascist or a demagogue on CNN. “She’s my rival, we will continue to fight each other, but there is not a risk of fascism in Italy,” he said. “It is absolutely fake news.” His comments were largely ignored by American pundits who had already reached their verdict on Meloni.

This pattern of portraying conservative world leaders as far-right extends beyond Europe. The media also despises Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, who faces an October 30 run-off against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Like Meloni, he’s been branded “far-right” by news outlets. By contrast, Lula, who served 18 months in prison on corruption charges that were later vacated, is never branded far-left.

—Spectator World, Friday.

Chaser: Has the media told you about the massive protests happening all over Europe right now? Come watch them here. “If not, why do you think that is? Is this not newsworthy?”

—Not the Bee, today.

No enemies to the left, to coin a phrase.