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Sarah Posner@sarahposner.bsky.social |
The (over)use of background sources, allowing DC insiders to push their preferred storyline without the reader knowing who they are and what their particular interests in the matter at hand are is one of the most maddening things about DC political coverage. No one even questions it anymore.
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Michael R Lambert
@mrl53.bsky.social
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Can’t like it. Sorry
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Heidi McDonald
@hmcd.bsky.social
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Nobody has time. The crap is flowing so much and so fast it’s impossible to keep up with.
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Paddyboy
@hodag1977.bsky.social
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Marcy Wheeler complains about this all the time - that’s Maggie Haberman’s job description. She’s a disinformation platform.
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Keith
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As @kenwhite.bsky.social used to point out about "leaks" from prosecutors. The "bigger story", never reported, is usually who was trying to push a leak driven agenda in the press.
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Sarah Posner
@sarahposner.bsky.social
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I wrote about that here (regarding the anonymous emoji texters)
the-looking-glass-1.ghost.io/holy-shit-an...
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