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"Being on any team is a bad look for the press, but the press being on team FBI/CIA is an atrocity, Trump or no Trump. Why bother having a press corps at all if you’re going to go that route?" taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-i…
"This catalogue of factual errors and slavish stenography will stand out when future analysts look back at why the 'MSM' became a joke during this period, but they were only a symptom of a larger problem."
"the press committed to a collusion narrative from the start, giving everyone cover to indulge in behaviors that would never be permitted in normal times."
#Russiagate "led to most journalists accepting a radical change in mission. We’ve become sides-choosers, obliterating the concept of the press as an independent institution whose primary role is sorting fact and fiction."
"If we don’t turn things around, this story will destroy" the media's reputation. taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-i…
