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Pathological Media Amnesia – VARIOUS OUTLETS
How quickly they expected us to forget…
To start, any member of the press who sees fit to defend New York Attorney General Letitia James today needs to heed the words of a valued source: Ms. Letitia James.
When powerful people cheat to get better loans, it comes at the expense of hardworking people.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) February 16, 2024
Everyday Americans cannot lie to a bank to get a mortgage, and if they did, our government would throw the book at them.
There simply cannot be different rules for different people.
Today, justice has been served.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) February 16, 2024
This is a major win for everyone who believes that we must all play by the same rules.
No matter how big, how rich, or how powerful you are, no one is above the law.
Not even Donald Trump.
Both Kinds of Standards – VARIOUS OUTLETS
When the exact same thing is completely different.
You know, that one involving alleged mortgage fraud where she declared it was the kind of thing no one is excused from guilt about?
Well, she is up against that exact charge herself, and the press is falling over itself to excuse this away as a petty political hit job.
Reminder: James campaigned on her promise of going after Donald Trump in court, but somehow THAT was not targeting a political foe.
On #DeadlineWhiteHouse with Nicolle Wallace I spoke about what is really at stake in regards to the indictment of NY AG Letitia James. This is not justice, it is Trump’s desperate weaponization of our legal system.
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) October 10, 2025
The charges against Attorney General Letitia James are baseless… pic.twitter.com/A5TKVa0NSa
Democratic Custodial Services – CNN
Kasie, may we introduce you to Letitia James, circa 2024?
Also trying to deflect from guilt was Kasie Hunt. She excuses Letitia James and focuses entirely on Donald Trump’s case that James brought up. The problem: Ms. James has spoken definitively that people who commit mortgage fraud are fully accountable and should be prosecuted for the crime.
2023. Letitia James: No matter how powerful you are...no one is above the law. pic.twitter.com/7RI7F3UOCA
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 9, 2025
A note on this current spin: We have moved from “No one is above the law” to “Meh, everyone does this” in record time.
CNN: “Everyone in America commits mortgage fraud!”
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 10, 2025
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Anti-Social Media – THE NEW YORK TIMES
Won’t somebody think of the terrorists?!
With the announcement of the impending peace deal between Israel and Hamas, with the return of the hostages and the bodies of those murdered, the press is openly bothered that Trump needs to be credited with this.
The New York Times felt the need to look critically at this deal, as far as it applies to Hamas. The paper is actually concerned that there stands to be a real risk in the negotiation…for the terrorist organization.
Did Hamas write this? Or the New York Times? pic.twitter.com/OmdCjqu6Wa
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) October 9, 2025
Reporting on the Mirror – WASHINGTON POST
Now, if they consider moving to the center, this means…?
Max Tani delivers the latest dose of hand-wringing over the editorial alterations at the Washington Post. He states rather casually that the paper risks losing much of its left-leaning subscriber base if it moves toward reporting that is more center-related.
What goes unstated is that if this is a move being considered, it means that currently, the content is decidedly biased toward those on the left. It is a curious acknowledgment, but not a surprising one. All you need to do is harken back to last November, when there was something close to an internal riot when the decision was made to simply take a neutral position and not endorse a specific presidential candidate.
The challenge for the Post is the paper’s subscriber base is DMV-area readers who overwhelmingly lean left. If you pivot to center/center-right-leaning opinion and pull back on local coverage, you’re alienating a good part of your core readership. https://t.co/5vTSwpmbTn
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) October 10, 2025
