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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy should I give a rat's ass that Rupert Murdoch's WSJ and NYP want Robert Mueller to resign ?
Asking for a friend.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)It's fun to watch FOT squirm though.
greeny2323
(590 posts)Because it is part of a coordinated attempt to attack the legitimacy of Mueller's investigation. It will offer cover to Trump and R's in Congress to end the investigation.
This is how Karl Rove used to work. He'd get the same story to appear in multiple, apparently independent places. Then conservatives would just believe everyone agreed with them.
Squinch
(50,935 posts)number of times, your brain registers it as true.
Don't know the name for it, and don't care to look for the research to back up my statement, but I know I've read it.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Panicking and the usual blame game. When the government doesn't give a shit about their citizens re: healthcare, taxes, education, energy, climate change to name a few and is only out to make profit and protection for themselves, we are in serious trouble.
spanone
(135,816 posts)Cosmocat
(14,562 posts)the right wing 1/3 will believe it is the gospel truth, and the "middle" 1/3 who chew their cuds and moo when it comes to politics will think there is something to it ...
Let's not be naive.
WE are not brainwashed AND take a serious interest in politics.
Most of the country is not like us, and it is pretty clear there is a VERY well coordinated disinformation campaign in place.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)kentuck
(111,076 posts)more and more Republicans are asking for Mueller's resignation.
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)This is no different
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Some big creative headlines would help