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Fetterman debate fiasco proves journalists ‘lied’ to cement Democratic power in the Senate: JNS column
Fox News ^ | October 29, 2022 | Gabriel Hays

Posted on 10/29/2022 11:50:13 AM PDT by conservative98

Jewish News Syndicate editor-in-chief and National Review contributing writer Jonathan Tobin claimed that journalists who pushed the narrative that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman was completely healthy to run for office "lied" in order to ensure that Democrats "maintain control of the Senate."

In his column for The Jewish News Syndicate, Tobin declared that these "team blue journalists" "were prepared to cover up or falsify the facts about his health in order to advance his candidacy."

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Tobin’s piece, titled, "The painful truth about media bias: Some journalists lie," began with the observation that the debate between Fetterman and his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, was the "most bizarre such encounter in living memory."

Tobin said that Fetterman, who is still suffering lingering side effects from his stroke in May, "was clearly incapable of understanding many of the questions or articulating a coherent response. This was in spite of the fact that he was aided by a closed-captioning system."

The author then went after the journalists defending Fetterman, though not so much the ones spinning his debate performance as "acceptable," but the "number of prominent liberal reporters" who "interviewed Fetterman in the months since his stroke and then assured the public that he was fine."

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He pointed specifically to The Atlantic and Vogue contributor Molly Jong-Fast, New York Magazine’s Rebecca Traister and Kara Swisher of Vox and New York Magazine, as among those who trashed Burns in defense of Fetterman.

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The columnist described their motives for doing so: "The same goes for all those who seconded their objections to Burns’s reporting. They want the Democrats to maintain control of the Senate. This means Fetterman must win. They were prepared to cover up or falsify the facts about his health in order to advance his candidacy."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
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1 posted on 10/29/2022 11:50:13 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I lied.
2 posted on 10/29/2022 11:52:26 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

And they will do it again tomorrow without blinking an eye


3 posted on 10/29/2022 11:53:53 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: conservative98

“mass media lied”

In other late breaking news, Benedict Arnold was found to be a traitor.

;-)


4 posted on 10/29/2022 11:53:53 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: NWFree

You can take any mass media article about any political subject and you will dozens of lies—guaranteed—every day.

They are incapable of just playing it straight.


5 posted on 10/29/2022 11:55:01 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: conservative98

@rtraister

I lied.
6 posted on 10/29/2022 11:55:13 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

They covered up Hillary’s condition also until she collapsed and they threw her into the back of that van like a sack of Ukrainian potatoes.


7 posted on 10/29/2022 11:55:55 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: conservative98

That’s a man, yes?


8 posted on 10/29/2022 11:56:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: conservative98

@karaswisher

I lied.
9 posted on 10/29/2022 11:57:01 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: cgbg
I was REALLY trying to Saturday relax, but THIS came on youtube . . . PLEASE watch/listen for an hour . . . we are screwed and out of time
10 posted on 10/29/2022 11:57:44 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: knarf

Sorry—I am one of those folks who don’t watch hour long videos.

I do read one paragraph summaries, though.

(hint, hint)

;-)


11 posted on 10/29/2022 11:59:14 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: conservative98

Looks almost like Richard Gere “transitioning.”


12 posted on 10/29/2022 11:59:24 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: conservative98

Several common denominators on the perps


13 posted on 10/29/2022 12:01:00 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic now home to more than a few globalists who really love the mainstream media )
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To: PLMerite

Bttt


14 posted on 10/29/2022 12:02:13 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic now home to more than a few globalists who really love the mainstream media )
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To: knarf

BKMK


15 posted on 10/29/2022 12:04:00 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: cgbg

But some people on our side fell for it. Anne Coulter and some of the French Republicans were saying I have seen him speak on MSNBC and “Fetterman is fine!” We just need to talk policy, but “don’t mention the candidate.” Then there was “the debate isn’t going to matter - forget it.” Then after the debate she said “OMG I had no idea how bad he was.” Of course you didn’t because you were watching commericals with “found footage”, influencers and not paying attention and were believing the media/Democrat lies. Some of these people need to rethink were they are getting their information.


16 posted on 10/29/2022 12:12:49 PM PDT by conservative98
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Then there was the Oz is never going to be able to beat Fetterman in a debate. Then after the debate they go, “Oz was good.” Then they reveal they never have seen him in action or gave him any thought. smh. Dr. Oz and Trump don’t just talk about saving America, unlike many of their RINO critics they’re doing something about it...


17 posted on 10/29/2022 12:19:25 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The democrats have built their house on lies, so they must keep lying to protect it. I’d sure hate to be one of them.


18 posted on 10/29/2022 12:19:25 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: conservative98

MSM lie? Never! OBTW, the NYC subway system is super safe.


19 posted on 10/29/2022 12:24:04 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: NWFree

Democrats will clone Fetterman, He is the perfect rich needy puppet.


20 posted on 10/29/2022 12:33:19 PM PDT by cnsmom
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