**On the roster: Everybody’s a critic - Mattis says Russia is a top threat - Trump twists Clapper olive branch - I’ll Tell You What: Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing - Science! EVERYBODY’S A CRITICMedia criticism is to politics as pornography is to sex: The subject matter is the same, but it’s not the real thing. Politically-minded Americans have been drawn down a deep, dark hole in debating the fight over BuzzFeed’s decision to publish salacious, unsubstantiated charges against President-elect Donald Trump. As we discussed many times during the campaign, Trump was as much running against the press as he was Clinton. Playing on the expectations of his supporters, Trump can find instances of media misconduct like BuzzFeed’s and swing his ax freely.

Source: Fox News January 12, 2017 19:29 UTC