Lindsey GRAHAM finally has a soulmate: Politico Playbook.(smear of SOTOMAYOR fraternizing w SCHUMER)

[UTUSN]

The headline about GRAHAM saying these times are as dangerous as the 1930s made me think he was having one of his flips, like talking about the danger of Drumpf and Deplorables. But, no, the story says he's referring to the Dem social proposals. Shucks.

This on the heels of Politico Playbook's attempted smear of Justice SOTOMAYOR as colluding with Dems via fraternizing.

What's the link? - In my mind it's the damage-by-misleading. Like my thread title.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/politico-playbook-issues-correction-after-botched-justice-sonia-sotomayor-sighting-at-le-diplomate

Politico Playbook Issues Correction for Botched Sotomayor Sighting

Politico’s Playbook newsletter issued a correction on Saturday morning after misidentifying Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s wife, Iris Weinshall, as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The publication claimed that the case of mistaken identity was sparked by a photo sent in by a tipster allegedly taken at the hip D.C. eatery Le Diplomate on Friday night. In Politico’s report, they claimed Sotomayor, after not appearing for oral arguments Friday at the Supreme Court over coronavirus concerns, was dining with Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Our tipster got it wrong, but we should have double-checked,” the correction reads.

The publication never reached out to Schumer’s office. “I did not hear from them prior to publication,” Justin Goodman, Schumer’s top comms aide, told The Daily Beast. Reached for comment, Politico spokesperson Brad Dayspring declined to respond on the record. The Daily Beast was subsequently and accidentally added to a group chat in which he texted two colleagues, “I emailed Mike [Zapler] and Matt [Kaminski] [to] discuss.” Eugene Daniels, who wrote the item, declined to comment through a spokesperson. In a third version of their correction late Saturday, Politico added, “Politico standards require we verify this information...the editor who received the tip failed to do so in this case.” The Daily Beast reported in late November that Politico’s marquee product has been embedded in turmoil.

Late on Saturday evening, readers of Politico’s newsletter made The Daily Beast aware that a subsequent email noting the corrections was not sent. In response, a Politico spokesperson told The Daily Beast: “It will be addressed in tomorrow’s newsletter.”

https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/graham-warns-nation-in-most-dangerous-times-since-late-30s/

Lindsey Graham warns nation in ‘most dangerous times’ since the late 1930’s

…. …that voters in the 2022 midterm elections will be motivated “not based on what happened on Jan. 6, but based on this failed Democratic radical agenda.” ….


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Link to tweet

[rockfordfile]

1. Politico has always been a pos right-wing "rag" lol

It's the New York Post of the web hahahhaahaha..

[brooklynite]

2. except when its not.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/09/mike-rounds-trump-election-republicans-526806

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/06/former-administration-officials-block-trump-526623

It runs stories pro and con on both sides. Its a publication for political pros and junkies, and doesn't influence voting behavior.

[DetlefK]

3. Politico is a right-wing rag.

I noticed that first when they simply repeated republican anti-HRC smears in 2016 without the slightest critical commentary or journalistic investigation. They simply repeated what Republicans made up.

Because Politico wants the clicks.

[YorkRd]

4. Bothsiderism helps the right

[link:https://newrepublic.com/article/155672/media-right-wing-bias-politicos-founder-just-admitted-it|