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I write about the news media and other topics. Formerly: Washington Post. Reachable: Paulmfarhi @gmail .com.

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Paul Farhi
6 years
Commercial airline deaths in the U.S. by year: 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 0. 2013: 0. 2014: 0. 2015: 0. 2016: 0. 2017: 0.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
6 years
Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news - it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!
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Astonishing (and perhaps under appreciated):  No. of U.S. commercial airline crashes by year: 2010: 0. 2011: 0. 2012: 0. 2013: 0. 2014: 0. 2015: 0. 2016: 0. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. 2019: 0. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. 2022: 0. 2023 (so far): 0.
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4 years
Records president has not released (a partial list): --Tax records. --Draft board records. --Medical records. --Passport application and records. --College transcripts. --Business records. --Wife’s immigration records. --White House visitor logs.
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Donald J. Trump
4 years
In order to continue being the most Transparent President in history, I will be releasing sometime this week the Transcript of the first, and therefore most important, phone call I had with the President of Ukraine. I am sure you will find it tantalizing!
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4 years
On @CNN , Bob Woodward drops new audiotape in which Trump gives himself an A grade for his handling of the pandemic. At time (July), 142,000 had died. Woodward calls it “saddest” taped statement by a president, including Nixon.
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Paul Farhi
2 years
Some internal news: In response to Putin’s threats against reporters in Russia, the @washingtonpost will remove bylines and datelines from stories produced by our journalists in Russia. Goal is to ensure staff’s safety.  Been around a while. Never seen anything like this.
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3 years
New: Biden will sign exec orders on first day as POTUS, reversing Trump policies: —Will rejoin Paris climate accords. —Reverse withdrawal from the World Health Organization. —Repeal ban on immigration from Muslim-majority countries. —Reinstate DACA.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
I’m afraid all the debate over whether Michelle Wolf was too mean to Sarah Sanders is going to overshadow this juicy bit of media criticism in her #whca monologue:
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Paul Farhi
7 years
To summarize: Spicer quit because of Scaramucci, who took down Priebus, who was replaced by Kelly, who took down Scaramucci.
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4 years
Anderson Cooper on @CNN just now: "The Washington Post says 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.' It doesn't. It dies right in front of our faces."
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3 years
Chyron of the year.
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6 years
A partial list of things we’ve stopped asking about/can’t get answers to about Trump: —His tax returns. —Medical records. —Draft records. —College transcripts. —Passport records. —WH visitor logs. —Melania’s immigration records. —Her parents’ immigrtn records. —Emoluments.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
“Name a time when conservatives have disrupted even the furthest leftist on a college campus,” Trump Jr. said to the crowd. “It doesn’t happen that way. We’re willing to listen.” Then a group of far-right conservatives heckled him offstage.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
So, to summarize today's ad action: @CNN , @NBC , @FoxNews and @Facebook have all rejected an ad by the *President of the United States* because they consider it racist. Amazing.
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Paul Farhi
2 years
There were 1,542 news stories about “rainbow fentanyl” in the two months before Halloween, most warning that dealers could slip this drug to trick-or-treating kids. There hasn’t been a single story today confirming this happened anywhere in the U.S.
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), on @cnn , on the first moments of the Capitol riot: “I told my colleagues to take their Congressional pins off” so they couldn’t be identified as members of Congress. Chilling.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
News outlets that reported this fact (partial list): —Wash. Post. —NY Times. —NPR. —CNN. —Fox News. —ABC. —NBC. —CBS. —MSNBC. —PBS. —AP. —Reuters. —New Yorker. —BuzzFeed. —Daily Beast. —BBC. —Slate. —Vox. —Atlantic.
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Donald J. Trump
6 years
Funny how the Fake News Media doesn’t want to say that the Russian group was formed in 2014, long before my run for President. Maybe they knew I was going to run even though I didn’t know!
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4 years
. @acosta raises an interesting question: What happens when people in Phase Three states want to travel to Phase One (or not-yet-opened) states? Wasn't unrestricted travel the problem in spreading this in the first place?
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4 years
The “great” Roger Ailes was credibly accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. He was fired by Rupert Murdoch and sons for his alleged behavior. He died in disgrace in 2017.
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Donald J. Trump
4 years
. @FoxNews is no longer the same. We miss the great Roger Ailes. You have more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet!
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4 years
Statistics that boggle the mind: U.S. coronavirus deaths: 86,541. South Korea coronavirus deaths: 260.
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Paul Farhi
3 years
Follow-up question: How come we’re finding out about this now?
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Aaron Rupar
3 years
"I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made. So I know that someone ... was creating a parallel set of data and graphics that were shown to the president. I don't know to this day who." -- Dr. Birx
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Paul Farhi
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How is it permissible for government employees to appear in their taxpayer-funded uniforms in a blatantly partisan political event?
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Paul Farhi
5 years
BREAKING: Judge orders the White House to restore @acosta 's press credentials, says his First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights were violated by banning him. Big win for @cnn .
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Paul Farhi
4 years
For the record: 48 tweets before 9 am today.
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Donald J. Trump
4 years
We did great things, but it doesn’t matter to the Dems!
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Paul Farhi
6 years
. @washingtonpost staff erupts at announcement of Pulitzer for reporting about Roy Moore.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Nearly 24 hours without a Trump tweet about anything: Unusual. Nearly 24 hours without a Trump tweet about *the Mueller Report*: Stunning.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
President seems to have realized the Noble/Nobel/Pulitzer confusion and has deleted the original tweets. For the record, here they were:
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Paul Farhi
3 years
The American military cemetery in Normandy, France. A sacred place.
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Paul Farhi
10 months
The iconic magazine won’t have *any* staff writers and won’t be sold on newsstands starting next year under a new series of cuts by ⁦ @Disney ⁩, its owner. Latest by me:
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Paul Farhi
4 years
Under the circumstances, a great visual:
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Paul Farhi
4 years
Well, this slipped by: @fcc on Friday approved 100 percent foreign ownership of U.S. broadcast properties, overturning long-standing 25 percent limit. Means China, Russia or another foreign entity could theoretically buy U.S. stations (h/t: Jeffrey Yorke):
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Paul Farhi
2 years
Amending this slightly: During the first Gulf War, our reporter, Caryle Murphy, was trapped in Kuwait during the Iraq invasion. Went into hiding. And filed great dispatches.  Her stories were published w/o bylines, for obvious reasons.  Caryle won a Pulitzer for her work.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
The subtext of the @nytimes report is the crucial importance of “The Apprentice” to Trump’s finances and ultimately his political career. No “Apprentice,” no cash flow to prop up many loss-making businesses. No “Apprentice,” no myth of Trump as a financial whiz to run on.
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@addak49 Overran the runway. Not good. But not a crash.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
In light of the news about Labor Sec. Alexander ACOSTA, herein a list of other current/former Trump cabinet officials who have been involved in controversies or suspected corruption: —ELAINE CHAO, Transportation: Alleged financial conflicts of interest.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
. @cnn cuts away from Trump’s helicopter gaggle for live coverage of Clinton speaking at Elijah Cummings’ memorial service.
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3 years
Joe Manchin voted to convict Trump. He comes from a state in which 68.5 percent of voters voted for Trump in 2016 and 68.6 percent did in 2020.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
Today, May 4, marks 50 years since the shooting of four students at Kent State by the Ohio National Guard during a Vietnam war protest. Always remembered the haunting image below of a young woman lying over a student, but had forgotten the backstory. More..
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Paul Farhi
6 years
Was thinking about Jim @acosta shouting his questions at Trump and Kim Jong Un during the signing ceremony as North Korean “reporters” looked on. Lesson: In America, you do that and some people might criticize you for it. In North Korea, you do that and they execute you.
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1 year
. @SabrinaSiddiqui of the @WSJ filed an epic press pool report today on Biden’s trip to Kyiv. A thread of her report: Part 1:
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1 year
. @elonmusk said the journalists he suspended from Twitter could return. What he didn’t say is there was a catch. The journalists have refused to meet his terms and remain locked out. Latest by me:
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Paul Farhi
4 years
Beautiful. #teamwork
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Josep Goded
4 years
The cleaning staff at our hospitals are hardly ever mentioned and they also deserve a tribute!
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Dept. of Unfortunate Syntax.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Just in: Attorney for @realDonaldTrump sends demand for retraction, corrctn, and apology to @nbc over segment of @Lawrence program last nite in which he said “Russian oligarchs” co-signed Deutsche Bank loans to Trump. Letter says that statement is “false and defamatory.” Letter:
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Paul Farhi
6 years
Still amazed that a hush-money-payoff-to-porn-star-to-cover-up-an-alleged-affair-with-the-president scandal is really only the 12th or 13th most important story of the day.
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6 years
You know who’s probably disappointed by all the attention on Russia? The kids separated from their parents at the border. Media spotlight kept pressure on White House for reunification. Now? Maybe not so much.
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Paul Farhi
3 years
Trump: —No public appearances since Thursday. —No public events last five days. —Last intelligence briefing Oct. 1. —Last call with a foreign leader on Oct. 29. —Hasn’t met with coronavirus task force in months.
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Paul Farhi
6 months
A tiny Alabama newspaper broke a story about a grand-jury investigation. The local prosecutor responded by charging the reporter and publisher with a crime, alarming press advocates. Latest by me:
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Paul Farhi
3 years
New: Michael Pack, the Trump appointee who has attempted to reshape @VOANews and other government-funded international news agencies, causing turmoil and controversy in the process, will resign at 2 pm, per sources. Biden was expected to fire him.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Today marks seven months since the last White House press briefing. Related: The current @PressSec has never briefed the news media.
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3 years
Pressuring Kemp is “the latest example of Trump’s extraordinary personal effort to overturn Biden’s win [and] comes as his legal team has met with resounding failure... On Friday, the president and his allies suffered legal defeats in six states.”
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Almost unaddressed in the @cnn vs. Trump lawsuit: Why did Trump call on @Acosta at the press conf. in the first place, given their history? Did he want to argue? @ReliableSources @brianstelter .
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5 years
Exclusive: Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article. My latest:
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Dominion Voting Systems spokesman on future legal action: “Mike Lindell is begging to be sued and at some point we may oblige him.” @ReliableSources .
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Stats, per @cnn : No. of Trump cabinet officers fired or resigned to date: 13. At same point in Obama Administration: 0. At same point in GWBush Administration: 1.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
And in still more harassment news: @cnn tells me it dismissed Teddy Davis, senior producer of @jaketapper 's "State of the Union" program, over behavior "that does not align with the standards and values of CNN." Three women had complained about Davis.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
Hard to say which is most damaging revelation in @nytimes report: 1. Billionaire president paid just $750 in fed tax (twice); 2. Took deductions for consulting fees for Ivanka; 3. Took deductions for $70,000 of haircuts.
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4 years
Missed this @cnn chyron from earlier in today’s briefing:
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Paul Farhi
2 years
Considering that North Korea last fought a war in 1953, what are all these medals for? Good conduct? Good hygiene?
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Paul Farhi
3 years
A footnote: Women are now in charge of the newsrooms at the Washington Post, CBS News, ABC News, NPR, MSNBC, Reuters, Financial Times, Guardian and the Economist. The fact that this is not a big deal is kind of a big deal.
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5 years
“If journalists had access to the detention centers at the border where children are being held in filthy conditions, those centers would not exist.” A near-blackout on press access complicates reporting on migrant children. Something I wrote:
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Paul Farhi
6 years
News outlets that mentioned stock-market record today (partial list): WaPo, CNBC, WSJ, NYT, Fortune, CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, AP, Reuters, Yahoo, USA Today, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Time, Bloomberg, ChiTrib, DallasMN, LATimes, BBC, VOA, SFChron, BizInsider, HoustonChron, NewsMax, Patch...
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Donald J. Trump
6 years
The Fake News Media barely mentions the fact that the Stock Market just hit another New Record and that business in the U.S. is booming...but the people know! Can you imagine if “O” was president and had these numbers - would be biggest story on earth! Dow now over 25,000.
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6 years
Since becoming special counsel more than a year ago, Robert Mueller hasn’t given a single news interview. There have been few, if any, leaks from his office. Both of these things strike me as kind of amazing.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
Short version of the @stormydaniels story so far: —Stormy: I had an affair with Trump. —Cohen: No, you didn’t. But here’s $130k to not talk about it. And I’ll sue you if you do or if you show evidence of the affair you didn’t have.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
“They are telling your story and you are attacking their building,” says Atlanta mayor @keishabottoms of people trashing @CNN HQ. True.
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2 years
And that’s a wrap: After 28 years on @NBCNews , Brian Williams signs off. His last monologue:
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Broadcast networks aren’t carrying @potus speech. NBC has women’s golf, ABC has @NBA , CBS and Fox have college hoops.
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Paul Farhi
4 years
This didn’t age well. Of course, it didn’t start well, either.
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Aaron Rupar
4 years
"[Trump is] so attentive to the scientific literature & the details & the data. I think his ability to analyze & integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit” -- this is shocking, hackish stuff from Dr. Birx.
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Paul Farhi
3 years
Some internal news: All @washingtonpost employees will be required to show proof of covid vax “as a condition of employment,” per new memo from publisher Fred Ryan (exceptions for documented medical conditions and religious concerns). Plan is to return to the office by mid-Sept.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
This appears to be total capitulation in the @cnn town hall "scripting" controversy. Only question now is whether those who've accused @cnn of unethical behavior will apologize/retract.
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Paul Farhi
6 years
Your scandal scoreboard (over just the past three days): —Russia investigation. —Karen McDougal. —Cohen admits paying Stormy Daniels. —Shulkin travel. —Pruitt travel. —Porter (aftermath).
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Paul Farhi
10 months
NEW: White House formally warns reporter @simonateba that he will lose his White House press credentials if he continues to disrupt ⁦ @PressSec ⁩’s daily briefings. Story by me:
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Paul Farhi
6 years
People who are critical of “the media” often fail to distinguish between the reporting of facts and opinions about those facts. TV panels of opinionated talking heads *aren’t* the same as reporters seeking facts. They’re not the same.
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4 years
Am told by people who know about such things that this story is the most-read ever in the history of our website, exceeding such greatest hits as our news story about Trump on the “Access Hollywood” tape.
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Paul Farhi
5 years
Wow—this is brutal. ⁦ @NPRwelna ⁩, who’s reported on air at NPR since 1982, gets summarily dismissed in a “newsroom re-alignment” today. His note to colleagues:
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2 years
The Vice President of the United States, hiding in a secure location from rioters seeking to kill him, watches the president praise the rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.
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7 years
Our story is more restrained than the president was in talking to Russian officials.
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5 years
This beautiful peregrine landed outside our building. Birds of prey in downtown D.C.
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7 years
I've never seen a presidential press conf. like this one. And I am old.
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4 years
. @cnn cuts out of briefing, goes to fact-checker @ddale8 to vet Trump’s claims.
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4 years
Breaking: Chris Matthews, longrunning host of “Hardball” on MSNBC, said Monday that he is resigning from the program, an abrupt exit prompted by a series of recent gaffes and controversies. Matthews, 74, made the announcement at the start of his program, effective immediately.
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3 years
. @Acosta : “This is a president...who wants to slam the brakes on what’s taking place right now to save his presidency because right now it is the incredible shrinking presidency of Donald Trump that we’re watching...”
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Paul Farhi
6 years
When chyrons get feisty, Part 2,745:
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4 years
Still stunned by this: Covid deaths to date: U.S. (pop.: 328.2 million): 214,000. South Korea (pop.: 51.7 million): 433.
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4 years
Good gawd, this photo: Thousands lining up in their cars at a food bank in Texas. (H/t: @brianstelter , @ReliableSources ):
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4 years
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is doing something so radical, so extraordinary, so unusual. It’s never been done before at a political convention in the history of political conventions: She’s telling jokes.
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3 years
This is the fifth conservative radio host to die of covid in the past six weeks. All had spoken against vaccination, though several changed their minds in their final days. (H/t: ⁦⁦ @30piecesofsilve ⁩).
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7 years
Odd that the Secret Service was paying Trump to protect him, his family and property. Odder still that there's a dispute over how much.
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Paul Farhi
7 years
The news never quits. Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president’s company
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6 years
No disrespect, but is there another walk of life outside of Congress and the Supreme Court where 80-somethings are the leading employees?
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Paul Farhi
3 years
What we’ve learned in the past two weeks: Trump turned the Justice Dept. into an instrument to punish perceived enemies in the news media and Democratic Party.
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Paul Farhi
3 years
Biden held his first press conf. as president after 64 days in office. No president has waited longer in the past 100 years. There hasn’t been a second one 77 days later.  Also, no TV or print interviews.  Maybe this is important. Or not. But it’s a) a fact and b) unusual.
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4 years
Question: Why does the U.S., with less than 5 percent of the global population, have roughly 25 percent of the global deaths from the virus?
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Paul Farhi
6 years
Washington respectfully requests the week off in order to have a nervous breakdown.
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Michael Avenatti
6 years
I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn.
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New York Times Co. annual net income: 2018: $127.4 million. 2017: $4.3 million. 2016: $29.1 million. 2015: $63.2 million. 2014: $33.3 million. 2013: $65.1 million. 2012: $135.8 million. 2011: (-$37.6 million). 2010: $109.6 million. 2009: $23.0 million
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Donald J. Trump
5 years
The LameStream Media had a very bad week. They pushed numerous phony stories and got caught, especially The Failing New York Times, which has lost more money over the last 10 years than any paper in history, and The Amazon Washington Post. They are The Enemy of the People!
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6 years
This is from Ben Bradlee’s autobiography, “A Good Life.” It’s his account of @realBobWoodward ’s Watergate reporting, and the denials and denunciations it elicited from the Nixon Admin. The parallels to today are striking.
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