Rand Paul just gave a master class in how the Big Lie — election denialism — exploits the "both sides" rule set in journalism. "Was the election stolen?" @GStephanopoulos asked. There was no second question. They fought all the way through. Rand kept saying: hear the other side!
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Jay Rosen Retweeted This Week
A clip of Rand Paul using the platform of ABC News to continue the Big Lie, with plenty of pushback from George Stephanopoulos, which in turn led to — stop me if you've heard this —"liberal bias." https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1353345810327625728 … ABC News: what are you doing here? What end is served?
Jay Rosen added,
6:31This WeekVerified account @ThisWeekABCPressed repeatedly by@GStephanopoulos, Sen. Rand Paul won’t say the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, calls for investigation of fraud, but doesn’t provide evidence. GS: “There are not two sides to this story. This has been looked at in every single state.” https://abcn.ws/2JIMBvS pic.twitter.com/GeWSYe0Bs0197 replies 875 retweets 3,697 likesShow this thread -
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@ABC, there is an alternative to asking Big Lie denialists "was the election stolen?" followed by hand-to-hand combat around every "just raising questions" maneuver they have in stock for you today. Just call the question closed and move on. As an organization.64 replies 617 retweets 3,429 likesShow this thread
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