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In reply to the discussion: Joy Reid: why are black potential candidates getting singled out for attacks by Bernie people? [View all]lapucelle
(21,087 posts)to support one of its dubious claims. The New York Post? Really, Mr. Cooper? Is that better or worse than your links to Buzzfeed and The Intercept?
And where else do Mr. Cooper's links about the canny centrist establishment's manipulation of the Democratic Party go? To stories tarnishing former President Barack Obama, of course.
So who is Ryan Cooper? Well, he's read a lot of books.
http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com/p/books.html
One thing I will give Mr. Cooper: He's very practiced at making grandiose pronouncements.
http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com/p/ethics-statement.html
And crafty about technicalities in case he's ever called out for being not quite ethical about the sources of those pronouncements.
http://pressthink.org/2011/09/if-he-said-she-said-journalism-is-irretrievably-lame-whats-better/#aftermatter
Here's what I learned about Mr. Cooper today. The devil (like the details) is in the links.
Caveat lector.