Seeing a lot of people say the NYT Durham story shows that Barr was much more corrupt than we know.

[kpete]

emptywheel
@emptywheel

Nope. He did the same stuff in DC, SDNY, EDNY, WDPA.

The lesson of NYT piece is Barr had wild success at manipulating the press and w/exception of NYT, no one is unwinding that.

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[secondwind]

1. There may be a lot of "unwinding" behind the scenes

that we don’t know about.

[RockRaven]

2. Anyone saying that is gaslighting about what was previously known about Barr.

The NYT does that a lot. So does cable news.

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. NYT still has the original headline on their website from 2016..no link the pos and russia.

NYT - BS - w/exception of NYT..unwinding..BS..

[Lovie777]

3. Well..............

they are, the shithole administration.

[Mike Nelson]

4. I think...

... he was always a "clean up" man.

[gldstwmn]

5. Didn't we know Barr was corrupt after Iran Contra?

[barbtries]

6. it was that "jaw dropping" verbiage

that sent me over the edge. he's a bad actor, anyone could have and everyone should have known that.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Barr was a lawyer fixer who believed in the absolute power of the executive branch,

and he got what he worked so hard for. A case of an executive in the Oval Office that needed a major fixer.

I hope it exposes both of them.

[Hortensis]

8. Nope. But take note of who needs to makes excuses for their own reporting. nt