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Thursday, September 3, 2020
FAKE NEWS
"Sources" say that, do they, Jake? You do know that you work for CNN, right? Either slap a name on those "sources" or figure out some other way to get Nanner McBotox out of the headlines. Because nobody's buying your crap anymore.
Tapper is recycling Jeffrey Goldberg. I think assuming the reporter made it up out of whole cloth is a safe option when the quotation is attributed to 'three sources witth direct knowledge of his views'. They have simply forfeited any claim to an assumption of integrity.
"Someone" spun up a quote and threw "losers" in it to make it sound like Trump.
Every time I see a report of Trump saying something truly awful, I assume it's at best--*at best*--out of context spin from a j-school crank desperate to win the election for Biden.
The spittle-flecked maniacs in our corporate press corps long ago forfeited the benefit of the slightest doubt.
Tapper is recycling Jeffrey Goldberg. I think assuming the reporter made it up out of whole cloth is a safe option when the quotation is attributed to 'three sources witth direct knowledge of his views'. They have simply forfeited any claim to an assumption of integrity.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, I don't believe a word of it.
ReplyDeleteNot credible, either from The Atlantic or CNN.
ReplyDeleteThat's not even remotely believable.
ReplyDelete"Someone" spun up a quote and threw "losers" in it to make it sound like Trump.
Every time I see a report of Trump saying something truly awful, I assume it's at best--*at best*--out of context spin from a j-school crank desperate to win the election for Biden.
The spittle-flecked maniacs in our corporate press corps long ago forfeited the benefit of the slightest doubt.
BTW:
ReplyDeleteThis is the issue of Yoni Applebaum's fact-checking operation at The Atlantic.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/16/im-at-a-loss-for-words-the-unraveling-narrative-behind-the-atlantics-defund-the-police-shooting-tale/