Remember Barack Obama’s “Words Matter” speech? It was a really good speech.
Anyway, to CNN’s Chris Cillizza, it appears that words don’t matter and he feels he can use any word he wants if he criticizing President Trump:
If you are a Republican elected official waking up to Trump's unwillingness to say Russia hacked the election, better to go back to bed.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 6, 2017
No, Chris — the election wasn’t “hacked”:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/882959560931147776
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/882922064491020288
“Hacked the election.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/882918140941922306
Cillizza then asked for a little help
Tell me better language to use. Happy to do so.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 6, 2017
Well, that’s an easy one:
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/882925976178630657
Honesty matters:
https://twitter.com/steph_bello/status/882932078509162500
Right. That wouldn’t willfully mislead.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 6, 2017
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And even Greg Sargent, Cillizza former colleague at the Washington Post, agrees:
I don't think we should use word "hacked," but I doubt it's a deliberate effort to mislead. Clumsy shorthand for "meddled."
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 6, 2017
Hacked, which is 6 letters, is “shorthand” for 7-letter meddled?
There is a difference:
It sounds great.
“Russia hacked the election”
vs.
“Russia meddled in the election.”
Former: Sinister
Latter: Scooby-Doo crew
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) July 6, 2017
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