It’s fairly common knowledge that the DNC has a lot of assistance from the MSM when it comes to spin, but the apparent coordination of narrative to describe the impeachment witnesses (most of whom haven’t actually witnessed anything) is a sight to behold. Becket Adams from the Washington Examiner has a full column about this, but he also tweeted out some examples. It’s something else:
A defense of using a thesaurus to expand one’s own vocabulary. A thread:
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
There’s one word the Dems and media just coincidentally shared in their descriptions of impeachment witnesses:
CNN commentator and former DHS official Jack Tomarchio on Oct. 23: Ambassador William Taylor’s record is "impeccable."
MSNBC co-host Mike Barnacle on Oct. 24: Taylor has "impeccable credentials.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
NBC News’ Peter Alexander declared on Oct. 24: “Bill Taylor, Marie Yovanovitch — people whose reputations remain impeccable.”
The Daily Beast’s Jonathan Alter on Oct. 26: Taylor had an “impeccable career.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
MSNBC commentator and former assistant U.S. attorney Mimi Rocah on Oct. 28: Alexander Vindman is a man of “impeccable character,”
CNN’s Don Lemon on Oct. 28: Vindman has “impeccable credentials.”
The NYT's Maggie Haberman on Oct. 29: Vindman's credentials are “impeccable.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin on Oct. 29: Vindman "seems like an impeccably credentialed” person.
Newsweek on Oct. 29: Vindman’s testimony is expected to carry weight given his “impeccable resume.”
Foreign Policy on Oct. 29: Vindman is a man with an "impeccable resume.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
Washington Times columnist Donald Lambro on Nov. 1: Vindman has an “impeccable career record.”
CNN senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson on Nov. 7: The witnesses who have testified against POTUS have “impeccable credentials.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
CNN legal analyst Michael Zeldin on Nov. 10: Taylor has an "impeccable resume.”
The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg on Nov. 11: Kent, Taylor, Vindman, and Yovanovitch, are “people with kind of impeccable national security credentials.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
CNN contributor Julian Epstein on Nov. 13: Taylor's and Kent's credentials are "impeccable.”
CNN’s Henderson (again) on Nov. 13: The impeachment witnesses "obviously" have "impeccable resumes.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
The Associated Press’ Jonathan Lemire on Nov. 14: The impeachment witnesses have “impeccable reputations.”
The New York Times’ Goldberg (again) on Nov. 14: Taylor and Kent have “impeccable credentials.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace on Nov. 15: Yovanovitch is an “impeccable witness.”
NBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos on Nov. 18: Kent, Taylor, Vindman, and Yovanovitch “generally have impeccable credentials.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
And for no reason at all:
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on Oct. 22: Taylor has "impeccable credentials.”
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., on Nov. 6: The impeachment witnesses, and foreign service agents in general, have "impeccable records of honesty and scholarship.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said on Nov. 11: Taylor is a diplomat of "impeccable credentials.”
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., on Nov. 13: The impeachment witnesses have "impeccable records.”
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
More here: https://t.co/cyrVZeTkZx
— ???? ?????? ????? (@BecketAdams) November 22, 2019
Read it all here. It’s absolutely amazing.
"Impeccable" Dem spin in action…? https://t.co/VhMLrgAVn2
— libertybelle (@october601) November 22, 2019
Impeccable thread.
— Nick Carroll (@LibertyAndTech) November 22, 2019
Narrative Engineers spouting the talking points of the day
— Fredo Delecto (@CapCube) November 22, 2019
They’re not even trying to hide it either.
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