Tuesday, July 16, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: Peter Baker conducts a master class in false equivalency

 

Photo and headlineNew York Times, 7/14/2024

The plan is in place, Peter!
The fact that the shooting in Butler, Pa., on Saturday night was two days before Republicans were set to gather in Milwaukee for their nominating convention inevitably put the event in a partisan context. While Democrats bemoaned political violence, which they have long faulted Mr. Trump for encouraging, Republicans instantly blamed President Biden and his allies for the attack, which they argued stemmed from incendiary language labeling the former president a proto-fascist who would destroy democracy[emphasis added]

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