Journalists have been doing a lot of congratulating of other journalists this past week as the New York Times and Washington Post have broken three stories that have more and more in Congress using the “I” word when referring to President Trump.
The @nytimes and @washingtonpost are locked in battle. And every day First Amendment gets stronger & people get real news that matters.
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) May 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/ExumAM/status/864600834222542848
Subscribers of the NYT, WaPo & other publications are paying for the investigations and oversight that the U.S. Congress won't conduct. pic.twitter.com/UcAlqeUXQI
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) May 17, 2017
Might I just add that if not for a free press we'd know none of this. Pls hug a reporter today
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 16, 2017
Maybe credit for this new golden age of journalism should go to Christiane Amanpour, who issued the wake-up call to reporters last November, reminding them it was now more important than ever “to commit to real reporting.”
ABC News chief political analyst and proud independent Matthew Dowd was among those struck by the amazing work being done by journalists to keep the White House in check and protect average citizens from government’s overreach.
Journalists have held this White House more accountable than any politician in DC. This is why our Founders established the first amendment
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/Juggy0705/status/864604209068609536
Dowd’s tweet manages to leave out quite a bit of the First Amendment, but as long as we’re honoring journalists tonight, we’ll let it slide. But seriously: why the call for reporters to commit to doing their jobs unless it was clear there’d been an extended nap time?
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Its refreshing to see "journalists" have awoke from their Obama era coma, albeit one-sided "accountability" (seething hatred) of THIS WH
— Reasonable Doubt (@Reasons4Thought) May 16, 2017
God knows they didn't hold the last one accountable. Would have been nice. Where were the misty 1st amendment platitudes then? https://t.co/KCZ8wkDG6F
— Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) May 16, 2017
Where the hell were they between 2008 to 2016?
— cr (@propatriots) May 16, 2017
this first amendment discovery , is it new? cause pre 17 from 09-16 no such thing!!
— PatR (@NoParty2016) May 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/jtinfo/status/864617266628972544
Also more than any other politician in the history of the US. Similar issues with past admins were never covered like this. Gotta ask Why?
— EJ (@ejhilbert) May 16, 2017
Very true. Too bad they didn't do the same with the previous White House.
— Cheryl B (@Cheryl707) May 16, 2017
Yet from 2009-2016 these "journalists" were strangely uninterested in "holding the White House accountable"
Do you ever wonder why that is?— Brian O'Fall (@applecharlie5) May 16, 2017
Not true, you guys!
That just isn't true. Journalists broke a ton of stories. Just not scandal ridden like this WH.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 16, 2017
Seriously … how many times would it take to list all of the Obama-era scandals in order for some people to see them?
Not as scandal ridden?
They used the IRS to target political opponents
They lied about Obamacare
They lied about Iran Deal
Fast & Furious…— Brian O'Fall (@applecharlie5) May 16, 2017
Hello, journalists? Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder labeled Fox News’ James Rosen a co-conspirator so the administration could spy on him. (Video of Rosen’s uncomfortable question about the Iran deal was also lost from the official archives due to a “glitch.”)
Journalists are breaking a ton of stories, but it helps if you count reprinting a tax return mailed to you anonymously as “breaking a story.” Reporting is a lot easier when those anonymous sources find you.
After a slow start, the journalism has gotten better, no doubt. But because the IC has leaked.
— Michael Skotnicki (@MSkotnicki) May 16, 2017
There's very little journalism going on in DC..just coordinated efforts by progressive MSM & holdover leakers to bring down this presidency.
— Ike ?? (@ike_salado_tx) May 16, 2017
Had you held the previous administration to the same level of accountability as you have this one, Trump never would've been elected at all.
— BarkBarkWoof (@EruseaRise) May 16, 2017
The IRS scandal, Fast & Furious, arms trafficking to Jihadists, vanished Stimulus funds, the nuclear ransom, et all were huge stories.
— BarkBarkWoof (@EruseaRise) May 16, 2017
You didn't even protect your own when the president began wiretapping journalists.
— BarkBarkWoof (@EruseaRise) May 16, 2017
Sounds scandal-free, just like Obama said it was.
What a total load of crap. The fourth estate became the fifth column during the obamination. Face it, no one trusts the media anymore.
— D-fusit ?⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@DFusit) May 17, 2017
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WaPo bombshell on Trump sharing classified intel bad for America, good for clicks, newsroom morale https://t.co/eWokeidYJa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 15, 2017
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