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No doubt, particularly Maggie Haberman “I think that the media does a very good job covering Trump… I think there is an industry, bluntly, Dave, that is dedicated toward attacking the media, especially as it relates to covering Donald Trump and all coverage of Trump.” www.npr.org/transcripts/...

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I apologize for my post being misconstrued. I did not disdain your post and agree with James Fallows that the NYT has created a crisis with its coverage of Trump I put neutrality in quotes to illustrate Sulzberger’s slavish commitment to bothsidesism, not to praise him

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To understand it, Sulzberger says need is for “neutrality” I disagree with those who have suggested that the risk Trump poses to the free press is so high that news organizations such as mine should cast aside neutrality and directly oppose his reelection. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America
Opinion | How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America

Foreign leaders have developed insidious ways to curtail basic journalism. Don’t be surprised if U.S. politicians draw from their playbook.

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Fixed but nevertheless “could have”been bad & still “epitomizes concerns” about the Administration according to the WaPo 🙄 “A strike that could have left some store shelves empty just before the election appeared to epitomize concerns that Biden sided too firmly with labor.” wapo.st/3ZTJVl0

How Biden helped end a port strike that threatened Democrats in November
How Biden helped end a port strike that threatened Democrats in November

The White House played a major role in the deal that opens the ports until January, postponing the issue until after this November’s election.

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Yep Ross Douthat, Times columnist “For Vance, it was a commanding performance…. That was the pattern of the whole night: Vance reliably gave the strongest version of the Trumpian case (including in areas where the Trumpian case is weak)” www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/o...

Opinion | ‘Vance’s Excellent Reviews Will Enrage Trump’: 13 Writers on Who Won the Vice-Presidential Debate
Opinion | ‘Vance’s Excellent Reviews Will Enrage Trump’: 13 Writers on Who Won the Vice-Presidential Debate

Our columnists and contributors rate Tim Walz’s and Vance’s debate performances.

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He is an American History major who immediately became a member of the right wing chattering class after graduation and has not spent a day in his life in the legal profession www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason... Consider the source regarding any “legal affairs” analysis from Jason Willick

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No Caro in the great 1991 American Experience LBJ doc - presumably that was Caro’s decision 🤷‍♂️

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Presumably still grieving about his Biden book deal cratering

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Thompson then doubles down with this trolling tweet “And a h/t to @lindseyswop our great visual journalist for this inspired cover art.” x.com/alexthomp/st...

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Stephens on what Harris has to do to “earn” his vote an example of the great line by the character Aaron Altman (played by Albert Brooks) in Broadcast News on the narcissistic news news media “Let’s never forget, we’re the real story, not them”

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