Corrupt Media’s Smear Of NYT’s David Leonhardt Over Covid Reminds Us Why They Can’t Be TrustedBy Eddie Scarry
January 31, 2022
New York Times liberal David Leonhardt has had plenty of dumb things to say about the pandemic.
Exhibit A, this remark he made back in October on CNN: “When people quit or get fired because they won’t take the vaccine, I would think of that — there is some really good news there.”
A month before that, he said Republicans were rejecting vaccines at a higher rate than Democrats, in large part because conservatives had “grown hostile to science.” Then he acknowledged in a subsequent column that health officials were deliberately withholding information from the public, “as happened with masks,” and said their “refusal to acknowledge uncertainty can undermine officials’ credibility.” (When conservatives doubt what their leaders are telling them, it’s because they’re “hostile to science.” When Leonhardt does it, he’s just being a skeptical journalist!)
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But it’s wild anyway that, for becoming more vocal lately about the harm Democrats have done to children and the economy with their beloved lockdowns, Politico decided it was time to let a bunch of miserable liberals trash him. And do it anonymously!
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Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/31/corrupt-medias-smear-of-nyts-david-leonhardt-over-covid-reminds-us-why-they-cant-be-trusted/
