Another subtle example of media corruption

atlkvb

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Excellent comparison Pax.

Question about that pic of Obama...do his ears sort of remind you of Mr. Potato head?
 

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Just another reason why Breitbart is a joke. The 2009 article is about plans to replace the attorneys and the recent article is about the attorneys being asked to resign immediately, different situations, different tone. smh
 

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Just another reason why Breitbart is a joke. The 2009 article is about plans to replace the attorneys and the recent article is about the attorneys being asked to resign immediately, different situations, different tone. smh

There is zero difference between then and now. Zero. The only difference is in the wording of the headline.
 

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Just another reason why Breitbart is a joke. The 2009 article is about plans to replace the attorneys and the recent article is about the attorneys being asked to resign immediately, different situations, different tone. smh

They're "politely" being asked to leave...if they refuse like the guy up in New York (Bharara) did, they're politely being fired.
 

moe

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There is zero difference between then and now. Zero. The only difference is in the wording of the headline.
Maybe if you'd open the links inside the article you wouldn't look like such a fool. In the 2009 article the attorneys have not been replaced yet, there are only plans. Thanks for the softball.


Obama to replace U.S. Attorneys

By Josh Gerstein


05/15/09 08:34 AM EDT

President Barack Obama plans to replace a "batch" of U.S. Attorneys in the next few weeks and more prosecutors thereafter, according to Attorney General Eric Holder
 

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Just another reason why Breitbart is a joke. The 2009 article is about plans to replace the attorneys and the recent article is about the attorneys being asked to resign immediately, different situations, different tone. smh
Hahaha, I think you honestly believe this.
 

WVPATX

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Show how that I am wrong.

Why did the Politico article not say that Obama plans to "oust" these attorneys? Replace is a much more benign term but the effect is the same, they are gone.

Further in your article, notice what Holder has to say: "elections have consequences."

I expect that we’ll have an announcement in the next couple of weeks with regard to our first batch of U.S attorneys," Holder said Thursday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing which stretched out over most of the day due to breaks for members' votes. "One of the things that we didn’t want to do was to disrupt the continuity of the offices and pull people out of positions where we thought there might be a danger that that might have on the continuity--the effectiveness of the offices.But...elections matter--it is our intention to have the U.S. Attorneys that are selected by President Obama in place as quickly as they can."
 

atlkvb

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moe wrote:
"Maybe if you'd open the links inside the article you wouldn't look like such a fool. In the 2009 article the attorneys have not been replaced yet, there are only plans".


it is our intention to have the U.S. Attorneys that are selected by President Obama in place as quickly as they can."


...and the response from moe is.......?????????????
 
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WVPATX

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moe wrote:
"Maybe if you'd open the links inside the article you wouldn't look like such a fool. In the 2009 article the attorneys have not been replaced yet, there are only plans".


...and the response from moe is.......?????????????

He is making a distinction with no difference.
 

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Maybe if you'd open the links inside the article you wouldn't look like such a fool. In the 2009 article the attorneys have not been replaced yet, there are only plans. Thanks for the softball.


Obama to replace U.S. Attorneys

By Josh Gerstein


05/15/09 08:34 AM EDT

President Barack Obama plans to replace a "batch" of U.S. Attorneys in the next few weeks and more prosecutors thereafter, according to Attorney General Eric Holder
So, what is your point? There is nothing different in the actions taken. The way it is presented shows an intent to cast Trump in a far more negative light. Typical reaction and mode of operation for the current press as regards Trump.
 

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So, what is your point? There is nothing different in the actions taken. The way it is presented shows an intent to cast Trump in a far more negative light. Typical reaction and mode of operation for the current press as regards Trump.

This has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with how the media rolls. They are corrupt. Oust is a much more pejorative term then replace. Everyone knows it at least every thinking person knows it. As I posted, this is a subtle example., so it may go right over your head.
 

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I still think the likeness to J Fred Muggs was uncanny when the picture is of a shadow.

I just saw those ears and immediately thought of my Grandson's Mr. Potato head. More funny than relevant.
 

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I've been quoted in three articles in the Journal this past week, and the reporter never even talked to me.