Matt Welch
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It doesn't matter if you have politics. Something has to be falsifiable, right? I mean, if there is a study that says, you know, vaping is not going to kill you and they say, well, it was paid for by the vaping industry. It's like, well, can you replicate the study? I don't care who paid for it. Is it true? or not.
It doesn't matter if you have politics. Something has to be falsifiable, right? I mean, if there is a study that says, you know, vaping is not going to kill you and they say, well, it was paid for by the vaping industry. It's like, well, can you replicate the study? I don't care who paid for it. Is it true? or not.
It doesn't matter if you have politics. Something has to be falsifiable, right? I mean, if there is a study that says, you know, vaping is not going to kill you and they say, well, it was paid for by the vaping industry. It's like, well, can you replicate the study? I don't care who paid for it. Is it true? or not.
And that's ultimately the case with politics, too, is that ideologically motivated people break some great stories on the right, on the left. I mean, you know, the Pentagon Papers, there were people that broke that story because they wanted an end to the Vietnam War. And that was one of the most consequential pieces of journalism of the past 50 years.
And that's ultimately the case with politics, too, is that ideologically motivated people break some great stories on the right, on the left. I mean, you know, the Pentagon Papers, there were people that broke that story because they wanted an end to the Vietnam War. And that was one of the most consequential pieces of journalism of the past 50 years.
And that's ultimately the case with politics, too, is that ideologically motivated people break some great stories on the right, on the left. I mean, you know, the Pentagon Papers, there were people that broke that story because they wanted an end to the Vietnam War. And that was one of the most consequential pieces of journalism of the past 50 years.
Who cares about somebody's politics, provided they are giving you accurate, smart information that you wouldn't get anywhere else. I mean, I'm tired of this idea that we're all pretending that to be above the fray. And, you know, European newspapers don't do that. There's right wing newspapers, left wing newspapers, and they report from that general drift. That's fine as long as it's true.
Who cares about somebody's politics, provided they are giving you accurate, smart information that you wouldn't get anywhere else. I mean, I'm tired of this idea that we're all pretending that to be above the fray. And, you know, European newspapers don't do that. There's right wing newspapers, left wing newspapers, and they report from that general drift. That's fine as long as it's true.
Who cares about somebody's politics, provided they are giving you accurate, smart information that you wouldn't get anywhere else. I mean, I'm tired of this idea that we're all pretending that to be above the fray. And, you know, European newspapers don't do that. There's right wing newspapers, left wing newspapers, and they report from that general drift. That's fine as long as it's true.
I mean, wasn't that the first 10, 15 years of Fox News? Every time there was something that looked like it drifted towards Republicans, it would be fair and balanced, eh? Yes. Just acknowledge what you are, and then that's fine.
I mean, wasn't that the first 10, 15 years of Fox News? Every time there was something that looked like it drifted towards Republicans, it would be fair and balanced, eh? Yes. Just acknowledge what you are, and then that's fine.
I mean, wasn't that the first 10, 15 years of Fox News? Every time there was something that looked like it drifted towards Republicans, it would be fair and balanced, eh? Yes. Just acknowledge what you are, and then that's fine.
Thank you, Megan. Thank you, Megan.
Thank you, Megan. Thank you, Megan.
Thank you, Megan. Thank you, Megan.
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I think I need to know a little bit more about how this story happened before I can accurately comment on it, because the notion that of all people in the world, the journalist who is probably most hostile to Donald Trump was added to this chat chain about an attack on Yemen.