The MSM hammered Katie Zacharia, the newly appointed White House Press Secretary, for not passing the bar exam. Zacharia holds a law degree, having graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2011. She has served as a legal advisor for a large law firm. None of that seemed to matter. However, why any of it should matter to her role as White House Press Secretary in the first place is rather baffling. Since when has being a practicing attorney been a qualification for press secretary? At any rate, such was the pressure that Zacharia has resigned from the position.
For the record, passing the bar exam is not universally required to become a practicing attorney in the United States. In fact, one does not necessarily need a law degree to practice law in the United States. This is not true for physicians, however. Being a physician requires more than a medical degree. One must also complete a residency program, pass all steps of standardized licensing examinations, and apply for and obtain an active medical license from a state medical board.
Abdul El-Sayed earned his MD from Columbia University in 2014. However, he did not complete his residency. He has never held a medical license. Under Michigan and New York state law, “physician” is strictly defined as an individual who is licensed to engage in the active practice of medicine. Putting the matter bluntly, El-Sayed is not a physician. Yet he claimed on numerous occasions that he was. Is being a physician a qualification for being a Senator? No. But a Senator should be a truthful person. How can we trust El-Sayed’s integrity in office if he lies about who he is?
Zacharia is an attractive woman. I suspect there’s some Sydney Sweeney envy behind the frenzy. But that’s not all. Is the media hysteria over Zacharia’s self-identification as a lawyer designed to deflect from the fact that El-Sayed lied about being a physician? Where is the media hysteria over El-Sayed falsely claiming to be a physician? Doesn’t a Senator occupy a loftier position than that of White House Press Secretary? Was NBC’s query into El-Sayed’s mother’s involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood a limited hangout to deflect further from the candidate’s deception about being a physician—and possible connections with the terrorist organization?
Republican candidate Mike Rogers is gaining ground, but El-Sayed has held a consistent lead in the polling. Are Michiganders about to elect an Islamist to the Senate?
We know who Zacharia is. Whether she misrepresented her credentials seems a rather trivial matter. But who the hell is El-Sayad? Why has the MSM essentially ignored these questions all along? Is it not news that a candidate for Senator lied about being a physician and may have ties to a terrorist organization? What did the Democratic National Committee know about these matters? I presume the MSM and the DNC knew about them all along. It’s like these organizations are run by stupid people.
In light of yesterday’s article, Impeachment Managers Withheld Crucial Information at Trump’s Senate Trial, where is the MSM on the newly declassified documents showing that witnesses in the House impeachment of Donald Trump lied under oath? Imagine the shoe being on the other foot. Would the MSM ignore the fact that witnesses in a House impeachment of Joe Biden lied under oath? Not unless their lies advantaged Biden. We see the same dynamic in the Zacharia hysteria. Zacharia was burned under the magnifying glass. El-Sayed escapes sustained media scrutiny.
If you don’t see this yet, then you are truly naive: the MSM is essentially the DNC’s propaganda platform. This is why relying on alternative news sources is imperative to hold informed opinions about public officials and the myriad other issues of public concern (for example, in crime reporting). A man who relies mostly or solely on CNN, MS NOW, and other major news networks is not an informed citizen. He is the target of disinformation. He should think better of himself.
