“I lived through Pentagon Papers and Watergate,
Iran Contra and Whitewater and more but 1st time in my life seeing Press trying
to keep lid on govt actions rather than fully expose. They hate
@realDonaldTrump THAT much. More than they love truth. Sad. Journalism is
dead.”
—Mike Huckabee, former
presidential candidate and Republican governor of Arkansas, tweeting Saturday. Feb. 4, 2018.
• Editorial Comment: More than Mike loves hyperbole?
Other comment:
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“Imagine the Pentagon Papers, but instead of the actual papers, Ellsberg
released a memo describing what was in the Pentagon Papers WITHOUT HAVING
ACTUALLY READ THE PENTAGON PAPERS.” —Chris Hayes,
MSNBC commentator.
•
“Imagine further that the memo was a politically motivated distortion of what
was in the Pentagon Papers — and another memo pointing out the distortions and
omissions was suppressed to enable the distortions to be believed and take hold
before the truth could out.” —Norman Ornstein,
political scientist, American Enterprise Institute.
• Vocabulary-Builder (From 2/5): ASS•er•va•tion. n. acknowledgment, affirmation, declaration; act of recognizing authority or truth of something.
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