Earlier, Twitchy reported that Reuters had obtained a leaked transcript and audio of a call between President Biden and then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, during which Biden asked Ghani to proclaim publicly that the fight against the Taliban was going well “whether it is true or not.” “There is a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture,” Biden insisted.
Richard Grenell alerted the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman to the story:
Biden asked a world leader to lie.
Where is @maggieNYT?
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 1, 2021
Haberman explained that international affairs isn’t her regular beat and that another desk would be covering the story. Actually, she didn’t say that, but rather posted a meme.
https://t.co/LnUPErd5Pc pic.twitter.com/0ZZ9JqTMEg
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 1, 2021
It’s astounding how much social media has allowed media figures to expose themselves for the children they are.
You write for the New York Times. You critique people for a living. Don’t make this about you.
If you pretend to be unbiased but are an advocate for the Democrats then you will get criticized.
Learn to code if you can’t handle criticism of your public writings. https://t.co/1uuarJ2APj
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 1, 2021
— Darlene Elizabeth Gagnon (@dar_gagnon) September 1, 2021
— Stewie Bergs 🇺🇸 (@StewieKern) September 1, 2021
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— Frank Lundie (@LundieFrank) September 1, 2021
Haberman’s fair game. The Times’ executive editor released a statement calling her “one of the finest journalists of this generation.” We’d expect the Times to assign a journalist of her caliber to cover something this big.
👏👏👏👏👏👊👊👊👊 pic.twitter.com/nqf1ZE3rRp
— Susana Sanjur (@SanjurSusana) September 1, 2021
— KC (@kckac82) September 1, 2021
I think she could make solar panels, as well
— patriotsdotwin “Cyber-Criminal” (@Shifu_Snake) September 1, 2021
— chris forte (@cdr613) September 1, 2021
Boom. Only Richard can dish it out so perfectly!
— Pastor Publican (@shlevs770) September 1, 2021
The problem is she still wants to go to the "best" cocktail parties and that doesn't happen when you are critical of the Dems.
— Unity schmunity (@champ1776) September 1, 2021
It’s called deflection. She knows how biased she looks, she needs to make it about you. Anything but answer the question.
— Ken (@ken_caudle) September 1, 2021
She could have ignored him if he’s truly nobody.
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Update:
It appears that Grenell is obsessed with other journalists besides Haberman.
Why hasn’t @PeterAlexander reported that leaked transcripts show Biden asked a world leader to lie?
I assume @NBCNightlyNews and @LesterHoltNBC will cover this scandal, right?
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 1, 2021
Related:
Maggie Haberman says it’s notable that Donald Trump declined to encourage Americans to get the COVID vaccine https://t.co/Cf2wgZyfTZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 11, 2021
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