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This @Politico @Dlippman piece about @BernieSander’s flights is a concerning #BadMediaPrecedent: Someone can float a story, the facts get investigated, the campaign’s side is plausible and UNCONTESTED, & the hit piece publishes anyway. More in thread ... politi.co/2EcMfrR
First, let me put my biases out on the table. I support @ewarren. And I respect writer @Dlippman professionally. I know there are tough calls journalistically sometimes. My concern here is less this one piece than the #BadMediaPrecedent for #2020Election coverage going forward.
Next, let’s be clear on the the campaign’s core assertion via @AriannaiJones and @RaniaBatrice: If commercial was doable, they did it. If an ambitious campaign tour was scheduled that didn’t make commercial doable, they fly private. That only makes…all the sense in the world.
