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What's particularly interesting is that Scott specifically says that "the Washington Post has been a leader in investigative journalism exposing Trump’s malfeas
by baking 9y ago
What's particularly interesting is that Scott specifically says that "the Washington Post has been a leader in investigative journalism exposing Trump’s malfeasance" but anyone who has been following Seth Abramson knows that the Washington Post and the New York Times are still a huge part of the problem in keeping up with the whole Russia investigation.
- shaki-dora 9y agoThe Washington Post's most prominent claim to fame in that regard is David Fahrenthold's reporting on the Trump Foundation's various ethical (and probably legal) problems, including self-dealing (spending donated money for functions at his Golf Courses), misappropriations (buying a self-portrait from foundation money) and outright fraud (not paying out promised donations, lying about the amounts Trump himself contributes to the foundation) etc. His articles are at https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-a-fahrenthold/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-a-fahrenthold/ Regarding Seth Abramson, it's important to note that there is ample criticism of his rather sloppy methods. A nice summary of him and similar "independent journalists" is at https://thinkprogress.org/blue-detectives-collapse-trump-russia-a42a94537bdf/ https://thinkprogress.org/blue-detectives-collapse-trump-rus.... If ThinkProgress thinks some criticism of Trump may be too close to conspiracy theories than comfortable, it would seem to be rather suspect.
- bcoates 9y agoWait, Seth Abramson's problem with the Washingon Post is that they're not willing enough to believe batshit Russians-under-our-beds stories?
- curuinor 9y agoI think the summary of Seth Abramson's contributions is: 1. He's insane 2. 2016-2018 has been insane 3. They've often been materially insane in the same way. But sometimes not. Russians are, in fact, under our collective beds, getting at our voting.