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Memo to the media:
Please stop claiming that the Mike Flynn unmasking "boosts" Trump& #39;s attacks or "gives him an election issue."
It does not do anything of the sort. Merely by saying that, you& #39;re misleading readers and rewarding bad faith.
New piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
Please stop claiming that the Mike Flynn unmasking "boosts" Trump& #39;s attacks or "gives him an election issue."
It does not do anything of the sort. Merely by saying that, you& #39;re misleading readers and rewarding bad faith.
New piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
Here& #39;s the problem.
There& #39;s no way to *neutrally* assert that new info "lends ammunition" to an attack or "allows Trump to make an issue" out of something.
Either the new info *legitimately* allows this, or it does not. You need to say which it is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
There& #39;s no way to *neutrally* assert that new info "lends ammunition" to an attack or "allows Trump to make an issue" out of something.
Either the new info *legitimately* allows this, or it does not. You need to say which it is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
When people criticize the media for "But Her Emails," journos often respond that critics don& #39;t want Dems scrutinized.
But that misses the objection, which is about *presentation and proportionality,* and creating misleading *impressions* of equivalence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
But that misses the objection, which is about *presentation and proportionality,* and creating misleading *impressions* of equivalence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
Some others are making similar and related points. See these tweets from @AdamSerwer, @nycsouthpaw, @zackbeauchamp and @samstein.
I tried to turn this argument into a full piece (see the thread above or this link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/)">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
I tried to turn this argument into a full piece (see the thread above or this link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/2016-nightmare-is-already-repeating-itself/)">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
"There’s no such thing as OBAMAGATE. But that doesn’t mean people won’t find themselves under indictment, facing years in prison, as part of a desperate bid to help Trump win re-election."
@brianbeutler on the concrete meaning of this authoritarian push: https://crooked.com/articles/trump-final-authoritarian-push/">https://crooked.com/articles/...
@brianbeutler on the concrete meaning of this authoritarian push: https://crooked.com/articles/trump-final-authoritarian-push/">https://crooked.com/articles/...
