As we told you earlier, the New York Times busted on that New Yorker hit piece on Kavanaugh, stating the paper “could find no one with firsthand knowledge” of the incident and correctly noting that “Ms. Ramirez herself contacted former Yale classmates asking if they recalled the incident and told some them that she could not be certain Mr. Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself”:
Read this paragraph from the New York Times, then re-read it. https://t.co/6Qt4UnW4F2 pic.twitter.com/ngigW5au5u
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 24, 2018
But in today’s world, this reporting on Ramirez that should told her friends that she herself was not certain if it was Kavanaugh or not, is just a “GOP Hill talking point”:
This will be the GOP Hill talking point used to defend moving forward: “The Times had interviewed several dozen people over the past week in an attempt to corroborate her story, and could find no one with firsthand knowledge. …
— Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc) September 24, 2018
Ms. Ramirez herself contacted former Yale classmates asking if they recalled the incident and told some of them that she could not be certain Mr. Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself.”
— Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc) September 24, 2018
“Talking point” is the new “conservatives pounce”?
Journalists announcing what is a “talking point” is the new “conservatives pounce” for the horrible week we are heading into. https://t.co/wQ8gtJH4dH
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) September 24, 2018
And why wouldn’t we “talking point” the hell out of it? The New Yorker story should never have been written if Ramirez can’t even be certain that it was Kavanaugh who exposed himself to her at the party:
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If by talking point, you mean truth, sure. https://t.co/D7UglGocst
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) September 24, 2018
It's not a "talking point" it's fact.
Which is kind of the point.
This accusation is baseless https://t.co/Nf09oDtXFN— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) September 24, 2018
Baseless indeed.
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'Embarrassingly flimsy': Kimberley Strassel RIPS libs over Deborah Ramirez story https://t.co/G9H4is2UuM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
BOOMERANG? Ronan Farrow forced to defend his reporting on CNN https://t.co/Apu9XlSx9K
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
But it's NOT political! Guy Benson uses paragraph from NYT piece to completely NUKE Ramirez's credibility https://t.co/u069N77HBe
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
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