{"id":409565,"date":"2022-02-25T04:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T04:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:49:54","slug":"tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Friedman&#8217;s &#8216;oops,&#8217; the WaPo&#8217;s stump and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29060b3c662\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29060b3c662\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/#Diary_of_disturbing_disinformation_and_dangerous_delusions\" >Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/#Flashback\" >Flashback:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/#Spot_the_difference\" >Spot the difference:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/#This_claim\" >This claim:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-friedmans-oops-the-wapos-stump-and-more\/#This_column\" >This column:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tom Friedman&#8217;s &#8216;oops,&#8217; the WaPo&#8217;s stump and more<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Diary_of_disturbing_disinformation_and_dangerous_delusions\"><\/span>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flashback\"><\/span>Flashback:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIf Vladimir Putin opts to back away from invading Ukraine, even temporarily, it\u2019s because Joe Biden . . . has matched every Putin chess move with an effective counter of his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Friedman, Feb. 15<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say:<\/strong><em> Oops. <\/em>With Putin launching a full-scale invasion, it looks like Biden\u2019s \u201cchess moves\u201d weren\u2019t quite as \u201ceffective\u201d as famed columnist Thomas Friedman suggested . . .<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/epaselect_USA_BIDEN_UKRAINE_RUSSIA.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-21328060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/epaselect_USA_BIDEN_UKRAINE_RUSSIA.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/epaselect_USA_BIDEN_UKRAINE_RUSSIA.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/epaselect_USA_BIDEN_UKRAINE_RUSSIA.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/epaselect_USA_BIDEN_UKRAINE_RUSSIA.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Columnist Thomas Friedman credited President Joe Biden for \u201ccountering\u201d Vladimir Putin\u2019s moves, but Putin invaded Ukraine anyway.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spot_the_difference\"><\/span><strong>Spot the difference:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLook into my eyes: I guarantee you . . . we are going to end fossil fuel.\u201d <em>\u2013 Joe Biden, <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7437125\/Biden-76-holds-left-wing-protesters-hand-24-tells-rid-fossil-fuels.html\"><em>Sept. 2019<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will do everything in my power to limit the pain . . . at the gas pump.\u201d <em>\u2013 President Joe Biden,<\/em> <em>Feb. 24, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong><em>Everything<\/em> to limit the pain? Even promoting fossil fuels? If only.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_claim\"><\/span>This claim:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>In his New Yorker interview, New York Times editor Dean Baquet claims his paper works to present the \u201cbest version of the truth\u201d \u2014 with \u201cpolitical opinion held in check by editors and editing.\u201d Yet the Gray Lady\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\u201d stories offer <em>nothing but<\/em> political bias. Indeed, it seemed every national story during the Trump presidency included an obligatory slam against the president. Even when Times editors try to be truthful, they wind up succumbing to pressure from their own reporters, readers and left-wing allies \u2014 as in 2019, when they changed a headline about a Trump speech from \u201cTrump Urges Unity Vs. Racism\u201d to \u201cAssailing Hate But Not Guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_column\"><\/span>This column:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Whoppers-WP-Putin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin\" class=\"wp-image-21328276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Whoppers-WP-Putin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Whoppers-WP-Putin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Whoppers-WP-Putin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Washington Post suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin is somehow intimidated by President Joe Biden.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Post composite<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say:<\/strong> Now that Joe Biden is president, Vladimir Putin is bombing Ukraine, killing scores of innocents, moving to conquer a sovereign neighbor and igniting the biggest war in Europe in decades. But, hey, argues Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, President Donald Trump divided NATO, and Biden has unified it. That\u2019s actually far from true, but more important: Has there ever been a worse case of missing the point?<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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