Once again, Trump evincing more skepticism than the US media of evidence-devoid Intelligence Community claims has always been a sad indictment of the US media.
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Trump's attitude on this stems mostly from personal pettiness -- if the same CIA spooks made unsubstantiated claims about the Clintons he'd believe them immediately. So it's not as if he's some enlightened skeptic.
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But it says a lot that personal pettiness can lead to a position which is often more incredulous of official wisdom than what the US media manages to muster.
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This undercuts your first tweet though. Trump’s personal pettiness is not a legitimate basis on which to indict the media.
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It doesn't undercut the first tweet. It's a "sad indictment" because someone with such self-interested, petty motives can somehow get to a place of greater skepticism than the media, which should be skeptical for more principled reasons.
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