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| Tears from PajamaBoy ex-Foreign Policy Guru Ben Rhodes: NYT Ain't Our Echo Chamber Anymore |
| 2020-01-05 |
| [Breitbart] Ben Rhodes, the former national security aide to President Barack Obama who created the notorious “echo chamber” to spread fake news about the Iran deal, complained on Saturday that the media was not critical enough of President Donald Trump’s airstrike against Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last week. Rhodes retweeted a complaint about a New York Times article on Friday whose headline declared, “Trump Says He Ordered Killing of Iranian to Prevent New Attack on Americans.” The headline did not vouch for the truth, or otherwise, of Trump’s claim, merely reporting that he had made it. Ironically, Rhodes once admitted creating what he called an “echo chamber” to sell the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran to the American public. Contrary to what many experts — including in the administration itself — had been led to believe by the “echo chamber,” the deal did not stop Iran from eventually developing a nuclear weapon, nor did it preclude Iran from ballistic missile development. Iran also benefited from gaining access to up to $150 billion in previously frozen assets, plus nearly $2 billion in cash flown in the dead of night on cargo pallets to secure the release of Americans effectively being held as hostages. Moreover, as a trove of hidden documents uncovered by Israeli spies in Iran revealed, Iran had no intention of abandoning its nuclear program. Curiously, the Times headline on the article Rhodes complained about has apparently been changed to: “U.S. and Iran Exchange More Threats as Democrats Question Timing of Strike.” |
| Posted by:Lex |
| #2 Creative writing plus Peter Principle. He oughta be in Levin prison as an exchange |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-05 17:27 |
| #1 Well, PajamaBoy got the Times editors' to change the headline eventually. These people are without shame. Deluded as well. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-01-05 15:49 |