If you watch several commentators speaking about the same political topic they will often use similar or identical phrasing. Often, key words are exactly the same and used in the same way. If these were reduced to a ninth grade report the teacher would accuse the students of plagiarism.
Good point General. There is something insidious at work here. As Rush noted, “there is almost a purposeful uniformity.” The most significant example of late is the Clinton dossier with active Russian involvement and not a single major “journalist” asks why this part of Russian interference not investigated by Herr Mueller... even after the hoax has been exposed by their own corrupt investigation....