Thomas Friedman: no evidence of Trump/Russia collusion, ‘which is why we need a special prosecutor’
Friedman illustrates Rush's rule: for liberals, it's not the evidence that matters; it's the seriousness of the charge...
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Media Hysteria: Tom Friedman Invokes 9/11, Pearl Harbor over Sessions/Russia
Overnight a mass media hysteria developed over Jeff Session's answer to questions regarding contacts with Russians.
As detailed in this NBC News report and elsewhere, Sessions was responding to questions regarding contacts in his role as a Trump surrogate:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions denied meeting with Russian officials during the course of the presidential election to discuss the Trump campaign, he told NBC News in exclusive remarks early Thursday. "I have not met with any Russians at any time to discuss any political campaign," he said, "and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false. And I don't have anything else to say about that." ...
Thomas Friedman’s Unhinged Attack on Trump and Netanyahu
Probably the one columnist I have critiqued more than any other in my blogging career is Thomas Friedman of The New York Times.
Friedman, one-time NY Times Jerusalem bureau chief, is considered The Times' go-to expert on the Middle East, globalization and environmental issues.
However, when reading Friedman's columns, it's easy to see that rather than being an expert on any of these topics, he holds certain beliefs and uses all of his observations to support his deeply held beliefs. He often conveys his convictions using superficial metaphors that sound clever, but are meaningless or misleading.
Giving Iran’s Rouhani the benefit of the doubts never given Netanyahu
Mideast Media Sampler 10/07/2013 - The Columnists who Cried "Sheep"...
John Kerry’s most worrisome testimony: Thomas Friedman “most often correct”
Mideast Media Sampler 09/09/2013 - Friedman has made a career of being wrong. ...
Obamacare innovation: who does it benefit?
The other day, when I was researching my post about Thomas Friedman and Obamacare, I contacted an old blogging buddy of mine - I was on the Watcher's Council with him a few years ago - Scott Kirwin (aka The Razor). Scott views Obamacare through the...
Electric car company “A Better Place” has gone to a better place
A Better Place, the Israeli electric car company, filed for bankruptcy after burning through over $800 million. https://twitter.com/PrivCo/status/338912756872916992 Unlike other electrical vehicle makers, A Better Place was based on a concept of battery swapping instead of charging stations. The first obvious sign of trouble was when CEO Shai...
Mideast Media Sampler – 04/24/2013 – Friedman, Fayyadism, Failure
1) Friedman resurrects "Fayyadism" Some time ago, Thomas Friedman coined the term "Fayyadism," a concept that, according to Nathan Brown, never had a chance. https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/324912965759401984 (No I don't agree with everything Brown argues, but the fourth and fifth paragraphs are good observations.) In his most recent column, Goodbye to...
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