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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWall Street Journal pushes conspiracy theory to defend Ginni Thomas
By Bob Brigham
Published March 26, 2022
Conservatives are going to extraordinary lengths in attempts to defend Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas against allegations of massive corruption after text messages revealed his wife, Ginny Thomas, sought to overturn the election.
Amid the outrage, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial complaining about news coverage of the scandal and whining that the American people found out what the Thomas family has been doing.
The newspaper, which is owned by the same Rupert Murdoch company that broadcasts Fox News, brazenly claimed that the text messages "added up to nothing meaningful."
https://www.rawstory.com/ginni-thomas-2657044345/
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(80,907 posts)Their reporters are solid.
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(1,748 posts)I remember how easy it was to predict what their take would be on any issue...just constant knee-jerk responses. At some point, Murdoch must have decided their takes just weren't spicy enough for the alt-righters and started hiring editorial page writers more suitable for far-right radtrad publications like Crisis and First Things.