
<p>I have always considered FOX News’ Bret Baier as a reasonable news analyst. ; I have not always agreed with his opinions, but they were still in what I call the “reasonable range.”  ; I was disappointed in hearing his observations about the work of Nancy Pelosi’s one-sided Select Committee. ; Baier has not chugged down the Kool-Aid, but he has done some sipping.</p>



<p>While he recognizes that the Committee is one-sided, he seems to see that as a minor issue. ; In fact, it is the issue that completely obliterates the credibility of the Committee. ; We should be perfectly clear that NO ONE-SIDED TRIBUNAL WILL EVER … EVER … EVER ARRIVE AT THE WHOLE TRUTH. ; That is why the entire American legal system and culture is founded on the right of defense – or the other view.</p>



<p>Without cross-examination and challenges, the result is prosecutorial propaganda – especially when it was the avowed mission of the tribunal to “get Trump” and a throng of alleged seditionists. ; Anyone who puts total faith in the Select Committee are either hopelessly partisan … highly gullible or … stupid. ;</p>



<p>Any objective critical thinker would reject – or at least be very suspect – of the work of a one-sided tribunal. ; That is how authoritarians work. ; That is how inquisitions work. ; That is how the Democratic Party worked in the old southland. ; A flawed process cannot arrive at a whole truth.</p>



<p>Baier seems to think that they can. ; He is willing to accept the accusations … the testimony … and the political dog-and-pony production as germane to – as they say – getting to the bottom of things. ; He claims that the Committee has produced important and powerful testimony.</p>



<p>He talks about the outrageous behavior of the President as if that translates into a crime. ; It does not.</p>



<p>Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger has been the most outspoken member of the Committee – declaring that they have uncovered several crimes. ; Baier would be better served by listening more carefully to other members of the Committee. ; When asked if they believe Trump committed any crimes, other members of the Committee answer in vague terms – or avoid answering altogether. ; They will not even – at this point – say whether they will make Trump or others the subjects of a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.</p>



<p>Baier should be a bit more analytical in his analyses. ; He is giving his viewers the wrong impression.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Brett Baier sipping at the Kool- Aide
