Tim Alberta is not an exception. It’s hard to throw a stone into a room of mainstream journalists without hitting a hypocrite. Alberta, a staff writer at The Atlantic—one of the most left-wing publications in the world—has come a very long way from his time at National Review. This was evident on Saturday when he launched an attack against Townhall editor Katie Pavlich.
Pavlich shared a story on Friday about the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene. She described what a friend who lived in the area had told her.
A friend from North Carolina with many friends in the disaster zones describes things this way: “Pure abandonment”
She says a week in people have “zero support” from the government, no urgency and that private individuals trying to deliver supplies are being turned away.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 4, 2024
Many reports from the flood-ravaged area surrounding Asheville have expressed a similar sentiment. It’s not crazy or unbelievable to say that many people feel abandoned by the federal government’s inconsistent response. It’s certainly more absurd to say that everyone is “very satisfied across the board,” as President Joe Biden said on Friday.
Alberta was triggered by Pavlich’s posting and mocked her journalism for using anonymous sources to report the impact of Hurricane Irene.
Ah yes. Sourced to one unspecified person who knows many unspecified persons living in unspecified locations.
Rock solid. Definitely meets the standard for publishing such sweeping and empirically contested assertions. (Fear not: she’s got “journalist” in her bio.) https://t.co/qqafQFjvpb
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 5, 2024
You can only roll your eyes. Alberta is employed by a publication that, using anonymous sources, has produced dozens and dozens of articles aimed at Republicans. One of the most notorious pieces claimed Donald Trump called American servicemembers who died “suckers” and “losers.” This was a piece that was anonymously sourced. Dozens of witnesses finally denied it but repeated it repeatedly throughout the presidential election in 2024.
It’s a little rich of Alberta to rip into Pavlich because she used anonymous sources. The Atlantic has done this many times. Why is he upset about her post? Does he mean to say that no one feels abandoned or desperate on the ground? Is that what he’s going for?
As the old saying goes, you can always tweet. What did Alberta do in 2017 when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston? You guessed correctly. He reported on the destruction using a single anonymous source.
You absolutely comical hack. https://t.co/7qkSF24IwR pic.twitter.com/l2stFLWPzU
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 5, 2024
Alberta probably hoped Harvey would cause “10x more damage” than Katrina. It would have been a great thing for him to say, given that Trump was the president. This was not true in the end (at least, not about the loss of lives and the extent of damage). It’s funny that Pavlich can’t use the word of a friend to report a hurricane in Alberta, isn’t it? Her reporting seems to be mostly accurate.
Alberta and many others in the mainstream media are jokes. They believe that they are on a different level when in fact they are partisan hacks who pose as professionals.
