Warning: Contains graphic depictions of journalists lavishing unearned praise on other journalists. This material may be harmful or traumatic to some audiences. Please take care.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Twenty twenty-two was a bad year for the American economy and international relations, but it was a great year for love. Former president Donald Trump and his wife Melania continued to enjoy one of the happiest marriages in the history of our great country, and comedy legend Dane Cook finally proposed to his much, much younger girlfriend. (She said yes!)
The most profound form of love known to science—the love professional journalists profess to each other on social media in a futile effort to conceal their unfathomable self-loathing—grew even stronger as the mainstream media struggled to find a purpose in the second year of a Democratic president they have no interest in holding accountable.
We compiled some of the most poignant examples of journalists expressing love for their fellow journalists in 2022. May you, dear reader, be so lucky as to find someone who loves you the way these journalists purport to love each other, and may you in turn love them the way Jeffrey Toobin loves himself.
Enjoy!
1. Olivia Nuzzi (New York magazine) loves Kaitlan Collins (CNN)
2. Kaitlan Collins (CNN) loves Olivia Nuzzi (New York magazine) back
3. Elise Jordan (NBC News) loves Karine Jean-Pierre (White House press secretary)
4. Sara Fischer (Axios) loves Jonathan Swan (New York Times)
5. Morgan Radford (NBC News) loves José Díaz-Balart (MSNBC)
6. Andrea Mitchell (MSNBC) and Peter Baker (New York Times) love Pete Williams (NBC News)
7. Jonathan Cohn (HuffPost) loves Margaret Sullivan (The Guardian)
8. Peter Beinart (Jewish Currents) loves Arielle Angel (Jewish Currents)
9. Seung Min Kim (CNN) loves Heather Caygle (Punchbowl News)
10. Michael Shear (New York Times) loves Steve Ginsberg (The Athletic) and Peter Baker (New York Times) and Susan Glasser (The New Yorker) and Kathleen Hennessey (New York Times)
11. Brian Stelter (ex-CNN) loves CNN / Ashley Parker (Washington Post) loves the Washington Post
BONUS CONTENT!
12. Jeffrey Toobin (Unemployed) loves Jeffrey Toobin
