And there they go again.

News arrives as follows, this headline from The Hill but one on the subject:
Biden to award Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal
The story reports:
President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 individuals at the White House on Thursday, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has been an outspoken critic of President-elect Trump and some of his allies.
The medal is awarded to U.S. citizens who have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens,” the White House said in announcing the recipients.
Cheney will be honored for her service in Congress and on the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and for speaking out about the importance of democracy. Cheney campaigned with Vice President Harris ahead of November’s election.
Biden has spoken with aides about the prospect of a pardon for Cheney and other Trump critics to protect them against potential politically motivated charges.
Biden will also give the medal to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who served as chair of the Jan. 6 committee.”
In response, over there at Mediaite was this headline:
‘This Is Repulsive’: Fox’s Brit Hume Rips Biden For Awarding Liz Cheney With Presidential Citizens Medal
The longtime Fox anchor tweeted his reaction, saying:
This is repulsive. That investigation was done by a committee all of whose members were chosen by Nancy Pelosi, and was produced like a TV show. There was no cross examination of witnesses. The media fell for it, but it was utterly one-sided. A show trial.
Bingo. Brit Hume got it exactly right.
In fact, Cheney’s behavior as the GOP ranking member of the January 6th Committee was, if anything, reminiscent of the days in the 1950’s when Wisconsin Republican Senator Joe McCarthy was conducting a congressional investigation into alleged “Communists in government,” the Committee and its chairman running a show trial of wild allega...