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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez Confronts Crowley Over His 'Third-Party Challenge' [View all]still_one
(98,883 posts)On October 31, 2016 the NY Times headlined the following story:
"Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia"
"That New York Times article from Oct. 31, 2016, on the FBI investigation into the links between Russia and the Trump campaign wont stop wiggling around in the newspapers archives. Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia, reads the headline over a piece that addressed an ongoing probe that hadnt yet found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. The story continues: And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html?_r=0
The Times have been pushing the false equivalency bullshit between Democrats and republicans by NOT presenting the FULL context
They have a video by Mark Scheffle and Shane O'Neill from the NY Times telling us how both republicans and Democrats have flip-flopped on Comey. It is so out of context it is pathetic.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000005090191/comey-fired-democrats-republicans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
They did the same thing when one of the Democrats on the FEC stepped down, building the false equivalency argument that how there is deadlock because both sides won't budge. That was NOT the case at all, and was a gross distortion again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/fec-elections-ann-ravel-campaign-finance.html
In fact that report was so messed up, that the Democrat who resign from the commission wrote a rebuttal to state the reality of the situation:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/opinion/dysfunction-and-deadlock-at-the-federal-election-commission.html
In fact I know the person who was on that committee, and it WASN'T the DEMOCRATS who weren't willing to compromise as the Times reported
In my previous post I presented the front page story where they blamed the Democrats and Obama for causing the republicans to reject climate change:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html
Best thing I did was over a year ago is cancel my subscription to the Times.
and yeah, the judy miller WMD bullshit still bothers me