WaPo's Margaret Sullivan tells Brian Stelter that the 'left-wing media' are actually 'the reality-based press' [video]

As readers know, yesterday’s edition of “Reliable Sources” featured quite the lineup, including disgraced former Democratic Rep. Katie Hill and a “mental health expert” who suggested that Donald Trump is manipulating supporters with “mind control.” But we’d be remiss if we didn’t also highlight the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan, who took the opportunity to defend the mainstream media from accusations of bias:

.@Sulliview: Unfortunately, what’s being viewed as left-wing media is actually what I like to call the reality-based press. pic.twitter.com/zglo9UNRnS

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 25, 2019

Oh, we have no doubt Margaret likes to call it that. We won’t fault her for her honesty there.

But as far as the notion that the mainstream media is “reality-based” as opposed to decidedly liberal is concerned, Sullivan’s full of it.

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— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 25, 2019

"Reality-based press": pic.twitter.com/upSv33HnYe

— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) November 25, 2019

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— Paul's Bunyan (@FearRobDeer) November 25, 2019

These sources are so reliable, it hurts.

This basically makes the point that Sullivan has a distorted view of reality.

— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) November 25, 2019

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And the fact that Brian Stelter just sat there and nodded along basically makes the point that he does, too.

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