Posted on 01/09/2018 11:25:42 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Yesterday the president was crowing that Tapper is a hateful, unfair CNN flunky who’d been destroyed by Stephen Miller, today the GOP’s “war room” YouTube account is circulating this clip of him puncturing the Wolff hype balloon.
Which is it? Can I trust this flunky’s hatefully unfair analysis or can’t I?
More importantly, has Tapper’s eleventh-hour attack on Wolff jeopardized his chances to take home a coveted Fakey Award on Wednesday night?
I’m curious to see if jabbing at Wolff remains the province of more centrist news types or if other media start calling him out. They’d all love to cheerlead the book as a matter of pure partisanship, I’m sure, especially after seeing how much it’s gotten under Trump’s skin. But the fact remains that there are sloppy errors in “Fire and Fury,” not all of which are mentioned by Tapper here, and more are bound to come to light on social media and on oppositional outlets like Fox as readers make their way through it. The more holes are poked in Wolff’s narrative, the easier it’ll be to tar his entire media cheering squad with the label “fake news.” And why shouldn’t they be, if they’re more interested in hashtag-resistance than in fact-checking him? You can see the Wolff backlash coming from a mile away, particularly with the author himself mouthing Orwellian defenses about how his book is true if it rings true, which, uh, no.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Wolff is a glorified gossip columnist who’s been caught making up quotes in the past. But for this book, he’s a reformed man. Honest Injun.
Sometimes when commentators play into Trump’s hand it makes me wonder if they are part of the misdirection. This brilliant piece of Never Trump wet dream fantasy comes at just the time when the president is engaged in the most serious action to bring down the Deep State, The Swamp, and global corruption.
Meanwhile those who hate him and have the most to lose by his actions are captivated by the bright new bauble.
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