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LetMyPeopleVote

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Fri Nov 25, 2022, 02:34 PM Nov 2022

OPINION: The NY Times owes Hillary Clinton an apology [View all]



https://occupydemocrats.com/2022/02/12/opinion-the-ny-times-owes-hillary-clinton-an-apology/?fbclid=IwAR2uLFSStzdvuwChYw4meB88BOaD9h_l0EiBacCJpeYX-9l4XAKpbRuez-E

With everything the NY Times has done to Hillary Clinton, they could have at least published her recent comment, the one they themselves requested, in a story about the irresponsible and disgusting way the former president handled government documents.

But no, they refused.

This is the latest in a long list of atrocities the New York Times has done to Hillary Clinton and it proves that they are not the ‘liberal media,’ if such a thing ever existed in the first place. This is what she said:

“The 2-year frenzy over the emails was a political Rorschach test where everyone saw something different in what was ultimately nothing. Call it sexism, Republican depravity, ratings-hungry media, it’s time we acknowledge it was bullshit, and write that into the history books.” – Hillary Clinton

The New York Times is hot garbage and here’s why:
Back in 2016, their reporter Maggie Haberman amplified the Hillary Clinton conspiracy which Trump campaigned on. I and many other conservatives who supported Trump (including others like me who learned this was a mistake) did our best to get this to the masses to say ‘Hillary Clinton was an irresponsible leader and unfit to be President.’ At the time I was spreading this lie, I didn’t know it was a lie, and the fact that the Times writer amplified it, even more, made us believe we were right and this possibly persuaded undecided electoral voters to pick Trump. Little did I know that I would eventually learn that Hillary Clinton was exonerated of any wrongdoing, and I apologized for my part in spreading this lie.

After learning about how the email scandal was a conspiracy, you would think that the NY Times would get it together, right? Nope, things just got worse. We just found out in Maggie Haberman’s recently published book that Trump reportedly flushed unclassified government documents down the toilet. The destruction of government property is a crime, as well as illegally obtaining classified documents.

What’s truly disappointing is that we didn’t know this important information until over a year after the 2020 presidential election. We are talking about a story comparable to the single most damaging story of the 2016 election about a Democratic candidate, but when a Republican president does the same the Times ignores it, even with the same supposedly objective writer on the beat. Even worse, the buried story is a standalone moneymaking deal for the reporter who pushed the nothing-burger Clinton story. Trump’s reckless behavior proves him to be incompetent and criminal, and more is leaking out daily about his fight to keep the people’s records in his tiny, private hands.

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Many People Deep State Witch Nov 2022 #1
THIS SunSeeker Nov 2022 #40
100% this! pandr32 Nov 2022 #45
Correct, Abigail_Adams Nov 2022 #46
I so agree but not just from Haberman, Michael Schmidt and few others at NYTimes Bev54 Nov 2022 #2
I dropped my subscription to the NYT back in 2015 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #5
I hate to say, but within the last week or so, I have seen Haberman apologists here on DU. madinmaryland Nov 2022 #27
Never trusted Haberman for one minute, and can't stand Dowd. ancianita Nov 2022 #30
The Times has been slandering Hillary since 1992. comradebillyboy Nov 2022 #3
Yep, they jumped on every "Whitewater" rumor and put them on the front page. Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #7
Yes they have Raven123 Nov 2022 #23
Nothing Burger TigressDem Nov 2022 #4
agree republianmushroom Nov 2022 #6
TY, LMPV!! They're Not the Cha Nov 2022 #8
"but whena Republican president does the **same**" Martin Eden Nov 2022 #9
Yes, that stood out to me like a beacon visible from outer space. Pinback Nov 2022 #15
As Republicans go, this is one a minor quibble Martin Eden Nov 2022 #16
The NYT is a corporate media whore beholden to the Republican Party kimbutgar Nov 2022 #10
Correct. The New York Times is in thrall to Wall Street. scarletlib Nov 2022 #12
Proof that all those attacks that Hillary was "beholden to Wall Street" and corrupt because betsuni Nov 2022 #39
The media is only as liberal as its corporate owners. OMGWTF Nov 2022 #20
The Times has always been this way. mn9driver Nov 2022 #11
I agree. K&R brer cat Nov 2022 #13
Hypocrites and cowards. Clinton was such an easy target because she was an intelligent, ambitious Martin68 Nov 2022 #14
It was disgusting. So much for the existence of a "liberal media." NNadir Nov 2022 #17
Look at how many moniss Nov 2022 #18
If there is ever a serious investigation into the events of 9/11/01, PNAC should be Exhibit A. OMGWTF Nov 2022 #21
Absolutely correct moniss Nov 2022 #25
Take a number. Turbineguy Nov 2022 #19
Hillary Clinton's Long Road to 'Sorry' Over Email Use By Maggie Haberman and Amy Chozick NYT '15 Botany Nov 2022 #22
Oh I am SO using that quote!!! calimary Nov 2022 #24
The patriarchy digs in its heels dlk Nov 2022 #26
Maureen Dowd spent years going after Hillary and Bill. sop Nov 2022 #28
The New York Times owes America an apology, as do many media outlets and all Republicans NullTuples Nov 2022 #29
They like the lucre. sprinkleeninow Nov 2022 #33
And she called him out for not paying taxed JohnnyRingo Nov 2022 #31
Who wrote this? Haberman? "At the time I was speaking the lie, I didn't know it was a lie..." sprinkleeninow Nov 2022 #32
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Nov 2022 #34
What apology lefthandedskyhook Nov 2022 #35
NYT - Can't even. dchill Nov 2022 #36
The NYT? Definitely. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2022 #37
Great. I forgot about DU's redacting of various characters. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2022 #38
We can't have bought and paid for media and call it a free press Mr. Ected Nov 2022 #41
I realized the NYT was Fish Wrap in the 1990's. They persecuted the Clinton's every chance they had Tommymac Nov 2022 #42
Liberal media is a demonization term made up by law-breakers. SouthernDem4ever Nov 2022 #43
NYT ignores the news LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #44
Our "liberal media" Botany Nov 2022 #47
Nor has the investigation into the theft of these documents by Trump been given the same measure of lees1975 Nov 2022 #48
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