WaPo: The imperfect comparison between Hillary Clinton's server and Donald Trump's boxes

[tenderfoot]

WaPo trying hard to skirt responsibility for their lack of critical coverage of TFG in 2016 or his theft of classified documents after leaving the White House.

I will now begin a fraught endeavor, using my platform as a member of a prominent media outlet to try to inject nuance into what has for years been a central point of critique of journalists: how we covered Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server for much of her work as secretary of state.

Doing so now is warranted because of the discovery that former president Donald Trump moved a significant number of documents — some of them marked classified — to his home in Florida after he left office. That report has drawn understandable comparisons to the coverage of Clinton, coverage that, in fact, likely did contribute to her loss. But those comparisons are also often overly neat, which is to say overly simple. Given the importance of understanding both situations, clarification seems useful.

If your instinct is to roll your eyes and dismiss this idea out of hand, I’d offer that you might be among those for whom this exercise is most illuminating. So I ask for the benefit of the doubt that, often, Clinton herself was not granted.

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Two things made the situation worse for Clinton than it needed to be. One was that Clinton’s team at first treated the story dismissively, in a way that often antagonized reporters whose job it is to challenge those in power. The other was the way in which the material turned over from Clinton to the State Department was handled.

more excuses here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/11/imperfect-comparison-between-hillary-clintons-server-donald-trumps-boxes/

Basically, the media just didn't like Hillary...

The author of the op ed, Philip Bump is getting ratioed big time.

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[markie]

1. of note...

driving up from Tennessee this morning (got off the trail at the Smokies for a few days) a BIG sign along the road

"Never Forget Benghazi"

as well as other 'creative' signs...

[Budi]

2. NOW THEY POINT OUT THAT FACT!!

"WaPo trying hard to skirt responsibility for their lack of critical coverage of TFG in 2016 or his theft of classified documents after leaving the White House."

Between NYT's Haberman & WaPo, Soc Media trolls & bots & Hollywood Celebrities acting a role, & MSM 24/7 loop, America never stood a chance.




They all owe her & this country a damned long 24/7 looped, public apologie.

[Deuxcents]

4. I agree

[dchill]

3. I don't know about anyone else, but...

..."a lengthy exegesis" really helps explain his point to just about EVERYBODY! Amirite?

[romana]

5. So, basically

Hillary made us do it.

Sheesh, no wonder this country is in such deep trouble right now.

I normally like Bump, but this is just tortured logic. And he knows it.

[Budi]

6. Maybe he saved the unreported drama for an upcoming Book, like Haberman did.

🤬

[Scrivener7]

13. Yeah. That's what I got from it. Honestly, these people.

[romana]

15. Thanks for the heart! /nt

[WHITT]

7. Because

Two things made the situation worse for Clinton than it needed to be. One was that Clinton’s team at first treated the story dismissively, in a way that often antagonized reporters whose job it is to challenge those in power.

Because Clinton was in compliance with every federal law, regulation, and rule.

The other was the way in which the material turned over from Clinton to the State Department was handled.

Which was in compliance with every federal law, regulation, and rule.

[betsuni]

10. [phone]

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. For this thread

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[betsuni]

9. Total bullshit. Grow up, Phil.

Last week saw Ro Khanna interviewed, talked about his economic plans for Appalachia and said something about Democrats not having any plans and the host interjected, "Hillary did." Yes, she did.

Everybody ignored her detailed policy plans and called her names, turned a do-gooder Methodist working for women and children her whole career into an evil cartoon villain with fake scandals and conspiracy theories while a truly evil Trump villain with an endless supply of real scandals was right there. I'll never forget, day after the election saw ABC News for the first time ever put the policy positions of the two parties on screen. David Muir looked uncomfortable. Should've thought of that before, idiots.

[elias7]

11. Clinton antagonized the media? WTF!?!

“One was that Clinton’s team at first treated the story dismissively, in a way that often antagonized reporters whose job it is to challenge those in power.”

Who’s ass did this person have their head up for the past 5 years? Dude, Trump utterly abused you over and over, yet that doesn’t antagonize you to go after him? Just Clinton?

[Salviati]

12. Here's the problem...

... they're mistaking "regurgitating right wing talking points" with "challenging those in power"
and "expecting reporters to meet minimal standards of journalism" with "antagonizing the media"

[uponit7771]

14. K&R, I think its *WORSE* than they didn't like Clinton it was bashing her rated well and group

... think and that helped get Putin's Whore in office.

They're that shallow and thirsty for eyes