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Eric Boehlert

12 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read

remember in January when DC press was sure the GOP was going to stand up to Trump?

press has gotten this story wrong for five years in a row.

amazing. pressrun.media/p/memo-to-medi…

" the press remains committed to portraying the GOP as a mainstream, center-right entity. That's why it keeps botching the "reckoning" story — reporters assume there is a Republican breaking point with Trump and the politics of hate and revenge he represents. But there never is"

"the Beltway press badly misread the insurrection story and assumed so-called responsible members of the GOP would do the right thing. "

go back and look at coverage 48 hrs after insurrection. press was SURE the breaking point had arrived

how does DC media cover just two parties, yet have no clue how one of them functions?

Jan headlines:

"Republicans Splinter Over Whether to Make a Full Break From Trump" (NYT)
• "A GOP Reckoning After Turning Blind Eye to Trump" (AP)
• "Insurrection Marks Moment of Reckoning for Republicans" (US News)
• "The day Trump broke the GOP" (Politico)

all wrong

@politico

from @politico, following the election telling folks not to worry abt Trump:

"So far this looks a lot more like bad sportsmanship accompanied by a misinformation campaign, and not some well-thought out plot to stay in power."

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

13 May

what happened to the border “crisis”? I guess media packets up their bags

more here; pressrun.media/p/the-washingt…

“One month after falsely blaming the Biden administration for creating a crisis at the southern border, the Washington Post remains oddly reserved regarding good news about the plummeting number of migrant youths now held in U.S. detention centers.”

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

12 May

quick thread on media claim that Biden sometimes wearing mask is driving vaccine hesitancy — that he's signaling there's no light at end of tunnel, and vaccine doesn't work

spoiler: it's a really dopey idea; pressrun.media/p/who-cares-if…

The evidence is overwhelming that the people who refuse to get vaccinated are made up largely of white, conservative, Trump supporters who have treated the pandemic as a partisan issue and who refused to wear masks last year.

Taking their cues from Trump who spent much of 2020 mocking people who wore masks as being "politically correct," they lean towards thinking the virus was a hoax.

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

12 May

my latest—media keep pushing non-story; pressrun.media/p/who-cares-if…

“It's slightly jarring that in the wake of the Trump presidency, when Americans were urged to inject bleach as a way to combat Covid-19, that Biden sometimes wearing a cloth facial covering is treated as a pressing news story by the Beltway media. “

“wearing a mask while being fully vaccinated is a personal choice, and it's a choice that has no effective downside, so why is the press so focused on the topic?”

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

10 May

thread re: NYT and its awful, illogical fear of calling out Trump "lies" over the years.

and its sudden change of heart. 1/7 pressrun.media/p/no-longer-se…

in 2016, editor Dean Baquet *bragged* abt how the Times called Trump a liar and warned that using "falsehood" was giving him a pass. 2/7

when Trump claimed unexpected victory, NYT sprinted into a retreat and danced around "lies" while covering a pathological liar. 3/7

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

6 May

four months after Trump leaves office, NYT puts “lies” in headline

progress, I guess....

it’s confirmation that NYT could’ve done this for 5 yrs.

it chose not to

funny what happens when NYT no longer seeks access

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Eric Boehlert

@EricBoehlert

6 May

my latest—a media low point from Trump era; pressrun.media/p/judge-confir…

“Now that a federal judge has confirmed that the press got played, badly, what's the media response going to be? Will there by any introspection, will editors and producers reflect on how and why they got taken for a ride on one of the most important news stories of 2019?”

“The likely answer is no to all those questions, because when it comes to being honest and open about grave blunders the press made while covering Trump, there's no appetite for it, except when the criticism comes from conservatives screaming "liberal media bias."

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