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Re: this response by @deanbaquet about the Times' inadequate coverage (which I lay out in the tweet below): in light of the recognition that the response was insufficient, I wonder why the story is not front and center on the @nytimes home page. 1/
nytimes.com/2019/06/24/rea…
Also, it's hard not to wonder about their self-admitted excessive "deference" to Donald Trump and why they chose such a different response in their treatment of Hillary Clinton's email protocols (or Comey's letter) about said emails. /2
This also seems like a bad reason to slow-walk the story: "The Times did not find independent sources — people beyond the two friends Ms. Carroll cited in her book — who could verify her account at the time of the article’s publication, or any other additional corroboration." /3
I hope they keep digging for additional sources--beyond the two friends who corroborated Carroll's account--but what she provided certainly seems enough to form a credible and newsworthy accusation, especially because other accussees discuss the same style of assault. /4
Not to mention that Trump himself bragged about attacking women in this manner in the Access Hollywood tape. /5
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
You can still make up for the inadequate coverage: "The fact that a well-known person was making a very public allegation against a sitting president 'should’ve compelled us to play it bigger.'" So why not "play it bigger" now? Follow up with Trump. Continue to investigate. /6
One correction: the Times did not admit they showed "deference," as I say above. They denied that they did so. /7
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This piece is remarkable in that its critique of the Democratic Party for supposedly dividing the country into “us and them” itself employs so many false dichotomies. 1/ nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opi…
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Looking over Trump's career, it's amazing how much obvious bs that he not only got away with but was celebrated for. I love how the fictional "Barron" is identified as a "VP of the Trump Organization."
For how many years (decades?) did he successfully maintain the illusion that he was soon to embark on "the world's tallest building"?
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