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NY Times columnist admits he was 'wrong' about Trump's supporters, says Russian collusion story was a 'hoax' . Bret Stephens said Trump's supporters were right to be angry at the system
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| Joe Silverstein
Posted on 07/22/2022 5:38:37 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The New York Times published a series of op-eds by its opinion columnists Thursday that began with the phrase "I Was Wrong About." As part of the collection, Bret Stephens admitted he was wrong to label Trump supporters "appalling."
Stephens said, "The worst line I ever wrote as a pundit" was the first he ever wrote about Trump: "If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling."
"This opening salvo, from August 2015, was the first in what would become dozens of columns denouncing Trump as a unique threat to American life, democratic ideals and the world itself," he continued.
Stephens said he "regret[s] almost nothing of what I said about the man and his close minions" but that "the broad swipe at his voters caricatured them and blinkered me."
"It also probably did more to help than hinder Trump’s candidacy. Telling voters they are moral ignoramuses is a bad way of getting them to change their minds," he continued. "What were they seeing that I wasn’t?" he pondered.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bias; coup; media; mediabias; msm; peedossier; russiagate; russianhoax
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The Russian hoax bullshit that ran 24 seven helped fuel the angst that resulted in the protest on January 6
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:38:37 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
To: NoLibZone
Let me guess. Three years from now (loooong after the damage has been done) the NYT will admit that using “negligence experts” to claim the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation was wrong.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:42:49 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: NoLibZone
Good. Bret Stephens can still kiss my ass.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:43:17 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
Good. Bret Stephens can still kiss my ass.Nonetheless, it was a very good column. I read it yesterday.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:44:08 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
To: NoLibZone
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:44:27 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: NoLibZone
For I know that The New York Times never lies.
Do ya?!
(It always sounded like that to me 😜)
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:46:09 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: BenLurkin
"..he "regret[s] almost nothing of what I said about the man and his close minions""The statement that made the entire "I was wrong, etc," non apology even more meaningless.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:50:15 PM PDT
by
chief lee runamok
(Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
To: NoLibZone
"What were they seeing that I wasn't?" he pondered. Everything.
Because all you were doing was giving the dems a colonoscopy.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:51:45 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
To: Drew68
Despite this revelation, Stephens argued that he would not be "morally" wrong to "lambaste Trump’s current supporters, the ones who want him back in the White House despite his refusal to accept his electoral defeat and the historic outrage of Jan. 6."He's full of crap. "I'm with you folks" hoping to stave off disaster in November.
He doesn't regret a thing.
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posted on
07/22/2022 5:53:30 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: NoLibZone
He needs another kick in the ass. His head is still stuck.
To: NoLibZone
Bret Stephens - your regrets are not accepted - not even a little!
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:04:41 PM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
To: NoLibZone
Who cares? This odious propagandist knew he was lying and did it anyway. He is not forgiven.
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:05:45 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: NoLibZone
This a$$hole still thinks it’s ok to wish death upon Trump just because he ran for president.
Go F’ yourself publicly.
To: Empire_of_Liberty
Typical leftist pundit - always think an apology is all they need to do and everything's going to be ok.......what he said over and over was atrocious and will not be forgotten.
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:06:58 PM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
To: NoLibZone
It was a hoax run by the MSM, both parties, the CIA and FBI.
That makes it a conspiracy!
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:08:27 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: NoLibZone
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:08:47 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Nifster
I recommend he eat that crow dressed with onion and garlic sauce.
To: NoLibZone
Has the NYT ever admitted that the Holodomor actually happened?
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:27:20 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Drew68
Don’t be naive. There is nothing they won’t say to us in order for us to let our guard down.
They are manipulators of the written word. They will weasel their way in, and then laugh as they destroy what’s left of our country.
I don’t trust any of them. You shouldn’t either.
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:30:01 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
To: skeeter
He had one good column when first started out in the WSJ but quickly devolved to spewing leftist pablum. Never read him after that.
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posted on
07/22/2022 6:37:17 PM PDT
by
SandwicheGuy
("Man is the only pack animal that will follow an unstable leader." Cesar Chavez)
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