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    From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 14:52:10 2022
    ...do you?

    'Kevin McCarthy’s Sloppy, Artless Lie

    A recording caught the House minority leader in an outright falsehood.

    Almost all politicians lie, but only some are demonstrably liars. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is not only a demonstrable liar; he’s
    also a sloppy and inartful one.

    The clever dissembler knows that it’s wiser to sow doubt and confusion
    than to deny something outright—and that if you must deny it, be sure
    the denial can’t be definitively and humiliatingly debunked within
    hours. McCarthy broke both of those rules yesterday.'

    <https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/kevin-mccarthy-trump-audio-january-6/629645/>

    'So when the Times asked about his remarks to Cheney and others,
    McCarthy denied it. “The New York Times’ reporting on me is totally
    false and wrong,” he said in a statement that is (hilariously) still on Twitter.'

    But there was one little problem with making that claim:

    They had tape to prove what McCarthy said.

    Tape with McCarthy's voice.

    '“We are a thousand percent confident in our sourcing on that comment,”
    the reporter Alex Burns told CNN Thursday morning. The reason became
    clear by Thursday evening: Burns was confident because the source was
    McCarthy himself, in an audio recording that Burns and fellow reporter
    Jonathan Martin released first to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. (McCarthy
    hasn’t explained the discrepancy between the recording and his statement
    to the Times, and hasn’t responded to media outlets’ requests for
    comment about the issue.)'

    Oops.

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  • From Irving S@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Apr 22 14:57:08 2022
    On Friday, April 22, 2022 at 5:52:14 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    ...do you?

    'Kevin McCarthy’s Sloppy, Artless Lie

    A recording caught the House minority leader in an outright falsehood.

    Almost all politicians lie, but only some are demonstrably liars. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is not only a demonstrable liar; he’s
    also a sloppy and inartful one.

    The clever dissembler knows that it’s wiser to sow doubt and confusion than to deny something outright—and that if you must deny it, be sure
    the denial can’t be definitively and humiliatingly debunked within
    hours. McCarthy broke both of those rules yesterday.'

    <https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/kevin-mccarthy-trump-audio-january-6/629645/>

    'So when the Times asked about his remarks to Cheney and others,
    McCarthy denied it. “The New York Times’ reporting on me is totally false and wrong,” he said in a statement that is (hilariously) still on Twitter.'

    But there was one little problem with making that claim:

    They had tape to prove what McCarthy said.

    Tape with McCarthy's voice.

    '“We are a thousand percent confident in our sourcing on that comment,” the reporter Alex Burns told CNN Thursday morning. The reason became
    clear by Thursday evening: Burns was confident because the source was McCarthy himself, in an audio recording that Burns and fellow reporter Jonathan Martin released first to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. (McCarthy
    hasn’t explained the discrepancy between the recording and his statement to the Times, and hasn’t responded to media outlets’ requests for comment about the issue.)'

    Oops.

    Wow, thanks for copying this for us. you copy so well. And happy to acknowledge you and give you attention! You love attention, glad to give it. Anytime, my dear friend!

    You and that Bowser clod see to love to copy news for the rest of us. Thank you, who needs the AP or Reuters when we have the doofus brothers to inform us.

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