#NYT downplays Steele Dossier’s impact on Trump-Russia probe

#NYT downplays Steele Dossier’s impact on Trump-Russia probe

“#NYT downplays Steele Dossier’s impact on Trump-Russia probe” Journalists, authors and ex-White House aides took to Twitter Thursday slamming the New York Times for an explainer that downplayed the impact of the since-discredited Steele dossier on the Russia investigation into former President Donald Trump.  The story, headlined, “Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the…

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#NY Times’ latest bid to double down on rewriting US history

#NY Times’ latest bid to double down on rewriting US history

“#NY Times’ latest bid to double down on rewriting US history” Some people just don’t take correction well. The New York Times Magazine was rebuked two summers ago for the 1619 Project, an essay collection that proposed, as the Times itself announced, “to reframe American history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery…

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#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’

#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’

“#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’” This statement: “The hours are long, the time differences are real, and the president has kept a rigorous schedule over several days, having lots of meetings, appearances and speeches.” — Kelly O’Donnell on MSNBC, Nov. 1 We say: Former President Donald Trump has long referred to his political…

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#WaPo’s partisan ‘fact-checking’ and more

#WaPo’s partisan ‘fact-checking’ and more

“#WaPo’s partisan ‘fact-checking’ and more” This fact-check We say: Count on Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post’s partisan opinion writer who pretends to be a neutral “fact checker,” to come to the Democrats’ aid yet again, this time over their plan to have banks send the IRS info about Americans’ bank accounts. It’s perfectly legit to…

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#Moderate Democrats all but extinct: Goodwin

#Moderate Democrats all but extinct: Goodwin

“#Moderate Democrats all but extinct: Goodwin” The Wall Street Journal wrote Tuesday that President Biden was making another attempt to salvage his stalled legislative agenda by meeting separately with progressive and moderate Democrats.   The next sentence was more telling: The moderates were Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The progressives were too numerous…

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#Nancy’s attack on the media, the NYT’s hit on Kyrsten Sinema

#Nancy’s attack on the media, the NYT’s hit on Kyrsten Sinema

“#Nancy’s attack on the media, the NYT’s hit on Kyrsten Sinema” This headline: We say: That Washington Post headline Thursday paints Republicans as the bad guys in the supply-chain crisis, which has scores of ships — carrying 250,000 containers of merchandise — lined up waiting to be unloaded outside US ports, slowing deliveries and fueling inflation….

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