WSJ 10/2/2019 Washington is in an impeachment frenzy, which is a dangerous moment for facts and context. A classic example is the political and media overreaction to Monday’s stories concerning Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr and impeachment. Mr. Pompeo’s alleged misdeed is that he was among those listening to Mr. Trump’s July 25 telephone call with Ukraine... Read more
Archive for the ‘Liberal Press’ Category
Foreign Influence and Double Standards
October 3 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Law, Liberal Press, Party Politics, The LeftDemocrats Lost in Ukrainia
October 3 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Henninger, Liberal Press, The LeftWSJ 10/3/2019 Daniel Henninger As the Trump impeachment narrative descends into the familiar bog of incomprehensibility, some guidance: Do not confuse Ukraine with Ukrainia. Ukraine is a real country. Ukrainia is an imaginary place created by the national Democratic Party and the Washington press corps. It was probably inevitable that after 2½ years of the Trump presidency, the Democrats and the press would... Read more
Jews Don’t Get Equal Treatment
November 27 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Liberal Press, The LeftI am amazed that the media will not address this kind of issue. ====== WSJ 11/26/2018 By Eugene Kontorovich Two very different organizations took action last week against Jews owning property in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority sentenced two Palestinians to 15 years hard labor for selling land to Jews. And Airbnb, the tech behemoth and online marketplace for lodging, announced it... Read more
D & D
January 14 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Jenkins, Liberal Press( Dossiers and Disinformation…) ========= Holman W Jenkins, Jr. 1/12/2018 WSJ Glenn Simpson, in the now-released transcript of last summer’s interview with congressional investigators on the Trump dossier, mentions his former employment with The Wall Street Journal and Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper. He doesn’t mention the Unification Church-owned (i.e., Moonies) Insight magazine in the mid-1980s. I know because I worked there too.... Read more
Who Can You Believe?
December 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Liberal Press, StrasselYes, is it any wonder the public seems to see all this as bad? ====== WSJ 12/22/2017 Kimberly Strassel In the wake of last year’s election, a humiliated press corps was forced to reassess, to explain how it had gotten the presidential race so monumentally wrong. Conclusions: It had been too blinded by its own biases, too sheltered from Middle America. It apologized.... Read more
The Definition of Stonewalling
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Law, Liberal Press, Party Politics, The LeftEven I am surprised at how neglected this story has been by the main-street press. ========= WSJ 12/11/2017 Christopher Wray was supposed to bring a new candor and credibility to the FBI after the James Comey debacle, but the country is still waiting. The director’s testimony Thursday to the House Judiciary Committee suggests he has joined the Justice Department effort to stop the... Read more
