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el_bryanto

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1. Its an issue

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 09:09 AM

Nov 2017

I think part of it stems from the fact that Media sources know that the Republicans are vindictive and will extract a price if they report on stories that embarrass or humiliate them - while Democrats generally will stop and try and figure out whether its a valid story at the point (see for example the range of opinions on Al Franken). The Both sides do it argument sort of gives them cover?

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I love how the press always tries to play the "both sides" false equivalence game... [View all] The Polack MSgt Nov 2017 OP

Its an issue el_bryanto Nov 2017 #1

Sometimes I'd settle for "both sides"... teamster633 Nov 2017 #2