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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
His more subtle undermining of the NYTimes and WaPo is not entirely unwelcome.
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How is it at all welcome? He calls them liars so that his followers won't believe it when they report the truth on him. That's not a good thing.
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You can't call out the sometimes bullshitters and narrative slant artists at usually credible places like the NYTimes while celebrating the always-bullshitting crowd at Fox and the disgusting conspiracy theorists like Jones.
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You can if your goal is to make yourself unaccountable.
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Sadly, however, Trump's accidental positives on these issues are outweighed by having a vicious and abusive attorney general like Sessions, pardoning clearly guilty sorts like Libby, and endorsing proponents of cruel and abusive enforcement like Arpaio.
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Again, his goal is to make himself unaccountable. This does not come with "positives."