Such power is too easily abused, and Mueller, whatever his personal and professional virtues, has gotten too big for America’s good.įortunately, he will soon have a real and worthy boss. The Wizard of Mueller has no place in our democracy. It is not healthy that a prosecutor has become like a divine oracle, with the nation’s mood hanging on first his silence, then his statement. It is it a recognition that the endless Mueller probe has become a problem of its own making. They have trashed their standards, and Friday was the inevitable result.īut there is another possible silver lining emerging from the dark day, and I have more hope this one will make a difference. As I have argued repeatedly since 2016, too many outlets are too invested in getting the scoop that brings down the president they love to hate. I have my doubts the media will do the necessary soul searching. You certainly don’t accuse the president, or anyone else, of a crime unless you are persuaded by evidence it is true. Real journalists do not report something, then caution that it may not be true. To use it as a shield while reporting an accusation of massive significance violates every conceivable standard. “If it’s true” is an admission of malpractice. Then the biggest possible story was presented with the least possible evidence. The bigger the story, the higher the threshold of necessary evidence. Not so long ago, no respected journalist or news organization would go public with something unless they had enough evidence to reach the conclusion it was true. Many touted it as the Holy Grail while inserting the ridiculous phrase, “if it’s true.” Then there are the so-called journalists who swallowed the report without trying to confirm it themselves. Dems in Congress instantly pledged investigations. Much of the political class embraced the story without doubts because they wanted it to be true.
While BuzzFeed alone created the false report, which was based, naturally, on anonymous sources, it was not alone in revealing its desire to be rid of Trump. The party was over because prosecutors denied the sensational central claim of the story, that they had gathered evidence beyond doubt that Trump had committed a crime. The site’s editor and others called the statement inadequate, but that was wishful thinking. It said: “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate.” Mueller’s statement, though brief, was specific and thorough enough to rip out the guts of the report. Mueller said so in an unprecedented debunking that slammed the brakes on the celebration. It was the bombshell development Dems and 90 percent of the media have dreamed of - and finally it was here. The BuzzFeed News report that special counsel Robert Mueller had corroborating evidence that Trump had instructed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a Moscow commercial project set the anti-Trump mob on fire. Sometimes, life is stranger than fiction. Having succumbed to prejudice and rage, they have proven themselves unworthy of public trust. Hatred for the president has corrupted their judgments and blinded them to duty and decency. He had seen enough to prove the thesis: Much of America, many of its leaders and some of its most prominent institutions are indeed gripped with madness. Then, suddenly, the scientist pulled the plug on the experiment. The Gotcha! glee, the declarations of Trump’s certain impeachment for suborning perjury, reckless references to Richard Nixon, the breathless anticipation of resignation and disgrace, perhaps prison - these and other overheated reactions quickly clogged the airwaves and internet, growing ever more bold as the day wore on and no compelling rebuttal appeared.
Such a scientist would inject a damning - and false - media report about Trump into the political bloodstream, then observe the reactions. Imagine that a scientist wanted to conduct an experiment to see if it’s true that blind hatred of President Trump has led Democrats and their media handmaidens to go ’round the bend and off the cliff. Supreme Court rulings favor American freedom, despite what the left thinksĬongestion pricing scheme is just another pothole on the road to NYC's ruinĭonald Trump’s 2020 election loss was an inside job The blueprint is set to end Joe Biden's shaky reign in the White House Barack Obama was right to be wary of Joe Biden's ability to 'f-k things up'
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