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In reply to the discussion: Great progressive Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has concerns about Obama's speaking fee-- [View all]Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)President Obama ( He is black don't you know)...Progressive? I think not.
"Stressing the huge challenge that looms for the press to cover Trump fairly in coming years, Marcus joined forces with Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker, who last week insisted its out of bounds for his reporters to call a Trump a liar. (They run the risk of not looking "objective," Baker fretted.)
Weighing in with her Sunday Post column, Marcus agreed that its just not fair to label Trump a liar. The media shouldnt hesitate to label an assertion false, but it should be cautious about imputing motive, wrote Marcus, who doesnt like the inflammatory baggage that comes with dubbing the president-elect a liar.
https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/09/faced-trump-s-looming-press-crisis-media-embrace-timidity-and-accommodation/214952
And she is a Clinton hater from way back...what she is not is progressive.
Liberal Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus says Donald Trump has every right to use former President Bill Clintons conduct with woman as a counter-attack against Hillary Clintons charges of sexism.
In the larger scheme of things, Bill Clintons conduct toward women is far worse than any of the offensive things that Trump has said, Marcus writes in her Tuesday column.
http://conservativeintel.com/2015/12/29/liberal-columnist-defends-trump-in-battle-with-bill-clinton-over-sexism-allegations/