@DanielPeak16@JamesAFurey@MrBixler Empathy does not require that we turn the natural ebb and flow of one's state of mind into diagnosable mental illness or that we encourage the psychology-education complex that perpetuates (and profits from) that approach to mental health.
I'd have gone with "Joe Biden is perfectly fine and fit to serve as president again" as my "Lie of the Year," but that's just me. https://t.co/awuOxIkStA
Based on false information provided by West Point, ProPublica repeatedly accused Pete Hegseth of being a liar and said they were giving him a one-hour deadline to respond. This is not, in fact, good journalism.
Today seems like a good time to remember how the current media chose not to care about Joe Biden's long history of lying about his education background.
@AlbertSTartagl1 @SenTomCotton A guy who puts his wife's academic credentials in his X bio probably shouldn't be talking about other people's credentials.
@BaltimorePeace@DBOtherP There's a near 100% chance the journalist would've run the story based on West Point's "bad info" if Hegseth didn't have the documents from 1999.
There's also a 100% chance the journalist will not look into why and how West Point got this embarrassingly wrong.
Kamala: I worked at McDonald's.
Media: It's absurd to look into this straight-shooting working-class hero.
Hegseth: I got accepted at West Point.
Media: Let's get him!
@eisingerj Does good journalism include the assumption that Hegseth is lying until he produces evidence? Does good journalism include the assumption that West Point would not lie or otherwise bungle its response?
When you're done doing "journalism" on Pete Hegseth's education history, maybe you can look into who's actually in charge at the White House right now, because it sure as hell isn't Biden.
1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegesth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
Smear campaigns should not be allowed to torpedo a good candidate for an important job. I believed that with Kavanaugh then. I believe it with Hegseth now. These underhanded tactics cannot be allowed to succeed. Period.
Will any publisher sign Biden to write a memoir?
Most politicians use ghostwriters, but Biden seems a special case where everyone knows he absolutely could not write a book, given his mental decline and daily "work" habits.
DOD is such a trap for DeSantis. His cultists will lapse into emotional incontinence, and a lot of MAGA who are unreasonably invested in Hegseth will hate him, too. Not to mention most of DC and the president's COS.