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1. The Anatomy of a Journalistic Fiasco
BuzzFeed's report that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, if true, would put Trump's presidency at existential risk.
BuzzFeed's report that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, if true, would put Trump's presidency at existential risk.
2. Democrats read the story and began immediately dreaming up articles of impeachment. Even some Republicans joined in.
3. And then this:
4. Rare on-the-record statement from the Mueller team is a reckoning that journalism had coming: there's plenty of questionable coverage in this shock-a-minute era.
5. Garrett M. Graff of WIRED pointed out the new political context for journalistic bombshells.
Translation: Mueller now has the additional job of saving unhinged Democrats in the House from themselves.
The End
Translation: Mueller now has the additional job of saving unhinged Democrats in the House from themselves.
The End
