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Hortensis

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9. Well, Haberman could have said "many on the left also...," but being her...

Reply to BlueLucy (Original post)

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 04:31 PM

Feb 2021

Those who believe honest journalists are those who say what they want to hear and that the truth IS always going to support whatever they want to believe, are being willfully stupid, though. Nothing new about that in any group.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

~ Denis Diderot

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Wow! Maggie is arrogant enough to say leftist are stupid. [View all] BlueLucy Feb 2021 OP

Yup. That's some class A arrogance, alright. hlthe2b Feb 2021 #1

I think Dowd is saying that, but Haberman agrees by retweeting. OnDoutside Feb 2021 #2

we don't assume reporters are on "our side" lapfog_1 Feb 2021 #3

That's exactly right. BlueLucy Feb 2021 #5

Yes, it is not suppose to be about "sides" PatSeg Feb 2021 #7

I agree but I do think Maggie just outed herself Bev54 Feb 2021 #16

Need dressing to digest that word salad. /nt tonedevil Feb 2021 #4

I Don't Think Dressing Will Help ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #23

All too true. /nt tonedevil Feb 2021 #24

She actually tweeted that? brush Feb 2021 #6

I don't quite understand the correlation. Baked Potato Feb 2021 #8

Maggie is neither a reporter nor a journalist. She is a scribe. Nothing more. madinmaryland Feb 2021 #18

Well, Haberman could have said "many on the left also...," but being her... Hortensis Feb 2021 #9

The media is supposed to be on the side of the truth. BlueStater Feb 2021 #10

Don't think MSM supports the left. We think you live in fear of the right blm Feb 2021 #11

methinks it is Maggie who knows not what a reporter is NewHendoLib Feb 2021 #12

I have never been in danger of Miguelito Loveless Feb 2021 #13

She's just not very smart Blecht Feb 2021 #14

The quote in the tweet is by Maureen Dowd, not Maggie Haberman. herding cats Feb 2021 #15

The Maureen Dowd column (not behind a paywall): muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Feb 2021 #19

Oh, goody! Maureen Dowd let another column. Paladin Feb 2021 #20

There is no "Left" in this country. Ron Green Feb 2021 #21

+1 leftstreet Feb 2021 #22