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JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 08:26 PM Nov 2021

What happened to Newsweek? It was once a distinguished publication, but now seems full [View all]

of hyperbole and mis information

I saw a headline from a google “news” blurb where Newsweek says youngkin “surges” past TM

Reading into that article it is a 1 point lead, well within the MOE

A year ago they pushed an Eastman OP Ed satins Harris couldn’t legally be VP

“ Last week, Newsweek suggested one possible purpose: The legitimization of narratives straight out of the right-wing fever swamps. An op-ed written by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer and founding director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, coyly suggested that Kamala Harris, who was born in California, may not be eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were immigrants. It was, as many pointed out, a racist attack with no constitutional merit, on par with the birther conspiracy theory that claimed Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Within a few hours, Eastman’s op-ed was being brandished by President Trump, who told reporters he had “heard” Harris may not be eligible to serve.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/158968/newsweek-rise-zombie-magazine



No wonder the Washington Post sold them

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