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May 29, 2011

12:07 • 2 years ago

Tags: Elizabeth Warren Journalism Patrick McHenry Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from pantslessprogressive 32 • Permalink

By passing on McHenry’s already debunked claims without fact checking them, the press lent credence to falsehoods. In other words, it’s helping politicians lie and perpetuating a smear against Warren.

Elizabeth Warren Is Smeared, and the Press Is Along for the Ride : CJR (via firthofforth)

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