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There are two errors with this.

First of all, was it "censorship" when Fox News had not a single article on Trump's taxes for many days after the NY Times pice? No, tat's not censorship, it's an editorial decision.

Second, you're missing the "garbage" part of "garbage story" in the line you quoted. A news organization has a responsibility to vet stories, and avoid publishing stories that can't be vetted.




Of course it was censorship. Censorship can be narrowly scoped - in this case, to Fox.


>when Fox News had not a single article on Trump's taxes for many days after the NY Times pice

Are you saying that all the news outlets that refuse to mention this story are acting like partisan hacks??!? I AGREE!

>Second, you're missing the "garbage" part of "garbage story" in the line you quoted.

What's the 'garbage' part of this 'garbage story'?

>and avoid publishing stories that can't be vetted.

Who vetted the NY Times story? Did NY Times release the documents or their sources? Or did everyone just report it? How about the Kavanaugh allegations? Did anyone have issues putting out prosperous, unverified, and clearly false accusations just to get him and by extension Trump? How about the Steele dossier, initially an unverified, and later found to be a fabricated document, put out by the Russians and paid for by the Hillary campaign ... it served as a basis for YEARS of reporting. The last 4 years, we've seen the mainstream media throw out all semblance of journalistic integrity just to get Trump.




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