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Chris's avatar

The reporter had news right in front of him, but was determined to talk about something else.

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Patrick Hirigoyen's avatar

Excellent piece - thank you for writing this. The loss of Eric Boehlert has truly damaged the integrity of journalism in the United States - a field under unprecedented pressure and attack, both financially and politically. Although others leaving comments have speculated as to why the New York Times keeps showing that it's addiction to Trump harms its actual news coverage (I remember Boehlert writing "They miss him"!) I'm still wondering just why that paper, out of all of them, keeps doing this. Something that a media critic needs to investigate and determine. When I first read the Baker piece, I commented on Twitter: "Someday, as students review the archives to study one of the most historic and consequential U.S. legislative measures in the 21st century, they'll come across this piece and say: Oh, that's from Peter Baker - he just missed the point."

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