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2 May, 3 tweets, 2 min read
The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it. ...My column, with HTs to ⁦@WITF⁩ ⁦@jayrosen_nyu⁩ and ⁦@KevinMKruse⁩ ⁦@scott_blanchard⁩ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
And of course @MattNegrin
@jayrosen_nyu has repeatedly drawn attention to this and to what @WITF is doing. I’ve linked to one of his pieces in my column.

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Oprah proved she is the greatest celebrity interviewer of all time. All journalists can learn from her. ... My column on Sunday night’s tour de force washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
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The Trump era’s pervasive culture of lying, amplified by MAGA media, made it ‘impossible’ for Senate Republicans to vote their underdeveloped consciences. My column washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
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24 Jan
Fox News is a hazard to our democracy, and getting more extreme. It’s time to take the fight to the Murdochs. Here’s how. ... My column washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
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And here’s a piece by @EricBoehlert that argues for revoking Fox’s White House credentials pressrun.media/p/fox-news-pur…
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7 Jan
Since this is an especially good day for calling out the names of those to blame, here are a few more, from the leadership of Fox News: Rupert Murdoch. Lachlan Murdoch. Suzanne Scott ... My column, on the pro-Trump media that brought us to this hellscape
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With a very special shoutout to the Wall Street Journal editorial page, via @BGrueskin and @monacharen
And a positive one to @thebuffalonews @bobmccarthybn: 'What have they wrought? People like Jul Thompson, a right-wing activist who boarded one of the two buses to DC, & later bragged to the hometown paper about being “absolutely justified” in egging on those who scaled the wall'
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7 Jan
To counter, for a moment, the awful images of yesterday with this uplifting one.
More on these Senate aides: businessinsider.com/senate-aides-r…
As they evacuated, Congressional aides grabbed the boxes, rescuing them from possible harm or vandalism.
"If our capable floor staff hadn't grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob," Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tweeted.
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