Thread by @ashtonpittman

The man who narrowly beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 (despite losing the popular vote by 3 million) just got indicted for mishandling classified documents—the crime the media spent the entire campaign speculating she may have done. (Spoiler: She didn't). #ButHerEmails

And let's be clear: Data shows Hillary was winning the 2016 election until Comey and the media decided the last 10 days of the election should be spent hyperventilating over her emails.

She lost based on wrong speculation she may have done what Trump was just indicted for doing.

Yes, there was Russia. Yes, there were misogynists on the left who wouldn't vote for her no matter what (but did vote for Biden).

But ultimately, the national media still hasn't reckoned with the disgusting way they covered the 2016 election. The media made Trump president.

Let's remember: The same national cable news networks that would spend endless hours in 2016 talking about her emails or showing Trump's empty podiums virtually ignored Hillary's most important speech of the campaign—the one focused on the Supreme Court.
thenation.com/article/archiv…

Yes, it's been seven years. But the national media still has not reckoned with the reckless, misogynistic, sensational way it covered 2016 or made a course correction toward ethical journalism.

Until that reckoning happens, I'm not ready to make nice.

The media's breathless, yearslong obsession with @HillaryClinton's emails (despite a lack of evidence of a crime) enabled Donald Trump to spend 2016 leading "Lock Her Up" chants.

He sent this tweet nearly 7 years ago:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/750648675186147328?s=20