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Kid Berwyn

(24,821 posts)
33. Journalists have an obligation under the Constitution...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 01:24 AM
Jul 2020

From publishers to the interns in the mail room, tell the truth as you see it. Unfortunately, the business of journalism makes obfuscation of the conservative hypocrisy routine. Thankfully, their words stand as witnesses.



Right message, wrong messenger: NYT’s Peter Baker decries the ‘normalization’ of Trump’s presidency

Dan Froomkin
PressWatchers.org, June 20, 2020

In Friday’s New York Times, the paper’s White House bureau chief, Peter Baker, tut-tutted the “normalization” of Donald Trump’s presidency – as if he himself, along with his colleagues, weren’t among the people most responsible for it.

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I try hard not to take strong positions on public issues even in private… For me, it’s easier to stay out of the fray if I never make up my mind, even in the privacy of the kitchen or the voting booth, that one candidate is better than another, that one side is right and the other wrong.

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https://presswatchers.org/2020/06/right-message-wrong-messenger-nyts-peter-baker-decries-the-normalization-of-trumps-presidency/



I am sorry to have posted a falsehood, Cha. I misheard someone on MSNBC say Haberman and Baker were married.

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Never was a Haberman fan. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #1
Perfect description, especially the "know it all " description" still_one Jul 2020 #2
Yup! A really second rate journalist..if that. Lacks any intuitive skills, flat uninteresting op eds Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #36
Never forget. Maggie's Mom worked PR for the trump family mercuryblues Jul 2020 #45
That certainly could put a certain slant to her objective reporting. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #47
Haberman Is The Judith Miller Of THis Century Me. Jul 2020 #3
And she brings a special excitement to the screen underpants Jul 2020 #8
NYT Peter Baker also normalizes Trump evil. Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #13
Baker & Haberman are enablers of the Treasonous Asshole who Cha Jul 2020 #17
Journalists have an obligation under the Constitution... Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #33
That's okay. Thank you for letting me know. Cha Jul 2020 #37
+2 Me. Jul 2020 #43
Aloha, Me! Cha Jul 2020 #44
Maggie Haberman is married to Dareh Gregorian ucralum Jul 2020 #18
Whew! Thank you! renate Jul 2020 #26
Thank you! My mistake. NT Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #30
No problem ucralum Jul 2020 #38
Ashley Parker Also Has A Tendency To Do That Me. Jul 2020 #42
+1. Haberman is Trump's PR specialist pretending to be a journalist dalton99a Jul 2020 #28
Maggie Haberman is a professional Trump normalizer jcgoldie Jul 2020 #4
+++ still_one Jul 2020 #5
This! jrthin Jul 2020 #7
She has been tied to that orange shitgibbon arthritisR_US Jul 2020 #11
so trump family dysfunction/corruption seems normal to her certainot Jul 2020 #25
I thought the same thing. Haberman, another Judith Miller in so many ways. jrthin Jul 2020 #6
I saw Haberman on AC underpants Jul 2020 #9
But but,I am the expert cause my Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #10
Which is untrue. That Mary Trump gave the boxes of family files from the trump lawyer to the still_one Jul 2020 #22
Hackerman is a legacy reporter. The Dubya of reporting. Hassler Jul 2020 #12
yup, and her reporting on Trump is all about being the insider and access JI7 Jul 2020 #16
Rachel did an excellent Review. Grey Jul 2020 #14
Absolutely. That Mary Trump had those boxes of evidence from the family lawyer that still_one Jul 2020 #19
Haberman is worse than Fox News JI7 Jul 2020 #15
I wouldn't go that far, but in my view really shallow still_one Jul 2020 #20
She has more credibility . Most people already know Fox News is a right wing joke JI7 Jul 2020 #21
Thanks, now I understand what you are saying still_one Jul 2020 #23
Rachel was superb, & I can hardly wait to get the book from the Library... Hekate Jul 2020 #24
I agree. I have a feeling lot of the reporting will be around the SAT test, but that isn't even the still_one Jul 2020 #27
not to mention that NJCher Jul 2020 #29
Yes still_one Jul 2020 #35
Haberman's mother runs a PR firm who has had Trump businesses as a client... RockRaven Jul 2020 #31
Yep. dalton99a Jul 2020 #32
How convenient. Sounds like a republican propaganda for payola setup Champp Jul 2020 #40
I enjoyed Rachel's show but ecstatic Jul 2020 #34
I took it differently that she as Mary Trump was a source, she didn't want to directly address that OnDoutside Jul 2020 #39
I agree that Ms. Craig did as much as she could not to provide more PRETZEL Jul 2020 #46
She's no journalist, she's a treasonous hack supporting a traitor. sunonmars Jul 2020 #41
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