How CNN and the AP rolled over to lies and bullying this week. [View all]

First, CNN. They tried on Friday to show Giuliani a video that contradicted what he was saying out loud - showing that he was lying.

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"Josh Marshall @joshtpm
Lol. I’ve never seen a guest trying to talk over a video clip showing they’re lying. But Rudy gave it a shot."

But Giuliani tried to filibuster - to talk louder than the clip. And CNN let him do it.

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"southpaw @nycsouthpaw
Giuliani didn’t just give it a shot here. He won. The CNN control room decided to allow his objections to drown out their own relevant evidence and then cut off the clip before it was finished. Everyone who works at CNN should be embarrassed by this. "

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On Wednesday, the AP correctly noted that Trump had called immigrants "animals" (similar to the things Nazis said about Jews.)

And on Thursday, after getting attacked by the Administration, the AP rolled over and gave in to the lies.
They said

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We need our media to
#ProtectTheTruth

That is, they need to stop only reporting what people say. They can just report what is TRUE. It's not that hard. The BBC does it. The American press did it 40 years ago. Why can't the media report the truth today? Why do they have to hide behind false unbiasedness and just report what people say? We've now got plenty of evidence: if the media just reports what people say, the Republicans will lie with abandon to manipulate the press. The press is getting used, and they are just taking it.