SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

WELL STATED, FROM FOX:  Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin once again knocked the mainstream media for previously dismissing the theory that COVID-19 potentially originated from a Wuhan lab leak in China, tweeting on Saturday that journalists should "own up" when they "fail" their readers and encouraged them to "just report the facts."   "Most MSM [mainstream media] reporters didn’t ‘ignore’ the lab leak theory, they actively trashed it for over a year while pretending to be objective out of a toxic mix of confirmation bias, source bias (their scientist sources lied to them), group think, TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome] and general incompetence," Rogin, who was one of the very few journalists who previously reported on China's role in the pandemic and raised questions about the origins of the virus, tweeted on Saturday.   He went on to say that, "Also, the lab leak theory didn’t change. It didn’t suddenly become credible. It didn’t jump from crazy to reasonable. The theory has always been the same. The people who got it wrong changed their minds. They are writing about themselves, with zero self awareness."  Ah, there's still some integrity left in journalism.  Catch it while you can.

SOCIAL NOTE – FROM FOX:  LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, U.K. newspapers reported.  Johnson’s office declined to comment on reports in the Mail on Sunday and the Sun that the couple wed at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral in front of a small group of friends and family.  The Sun said senior staff in Johnson's 10 Downing St. office were unaware of the wedding plan.  Under current coronavirus restrictions in England, weddings can be attended by a maximum of 30 people.  Hearty congratulations to a true ally of the United States.  We need more like him. 

May 30, 2021