What Happened?

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Media Mess-Up

“But the press is among the groups that messed this up, badly, in particular through the relentless push in New York Times coverage that made ‘but, her emails!’ a rueful post-campaign meme. With this book, Hillary Clinton has gone a considerable distance toward facing her responsibility for the current state of the country. Before any news organization tells her to pipe down or stop explaining herself, I’d like to see them be as honest about their own responsibility.” 

—James Fallows, national correspondent, “Why Hillary’s Book Is Actually Worth Reading,” The Atlantic, Sept. 15, 2017.

• Editorial Comment: As Jon Stewart would have said, the whole thing was a clusterf%@k

• Related: Judy Woodruff’s interview with Hillary Clinton is worth watching. “Dissecting the election, Hillary Clinton sees dangers for democracy,” PBS, Sept. 15, 2017 


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