Their own reporting confirms that she lied but even after several revisions the closest they can get to “she lied” is “she faces accusations of misleading”
Jesus Christ, what are you people scared of?
> Jesus Christ, what are you people scared of?
Of getting yelled at by Republicans.
Fear of Republicans getting mad is the one true emotion of the Beltway class, including NY trad media when they’re covering politics.
Comey took actions that threw an election because of it, and he even admits it.
The Dean Baquet answer to this is "well, she might have thought it was true" which is what they did with Trump, and it's what they do because they're a combination of cowardly swine and elitists who think of themselves as liberals but are actually toe sucks to power.
The can't even report that Boeing is facing a criminal investigation of the Max 9 door blowing off.
The feel they have to use weasel words for something that a single half-assed reporter should be able to confirm pst haste.
They don't even have to say she lied. She used a story about sex trafficking that occurred in Mexico during the Bush Administration to criticize the Biden administration's border policies. Facts, no editorializing, KISS. But facts are too harsh on the GOP so they have to be massaged in their favor.
They are afraid of tfg and fox noise. Both of them set the narrative for the far reich and any sign of dissent will mean excommunication (yes, it's a cult).
I’m reliably informed that the NYT Style Manual cautions against using straightforward English, such as “her statement was a steaming pile of horseshit.”
I think, after doing everything in their power to help ensure republicans gain and maintain power, they're afraid of being at all critical of their prospective overlords
The journalist answer is: Sometimes people are wrong by accident. Until you can verify that someone isn't, say, a big ol' dummy, you're only guessing being wrong was deliberate.