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I'MYOURHUCKLEBERRY @PLSgetserious
It looks like everyone who called out the NYT was right about Maggie Haberman and her complicity in Trump's crime regime. "She always wrote what we told her." I expect a heartfelt apology from the New York Times for printing rapist Trump's propaganda.
Texts introduced as evidence at Trumps criminal trial show Maggie Haberman acting as Trumps stenographer and media puppet.
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/05/14/maggie-haberman-trump-trial.html
Katie Phang @KatiePhang
PEOPLES EXHIBIT 278 - Official statement of Stormy Daniels - Jan 30, 2018 (This is the second statement) HOFFINGER: Did you try to get Stormy Daniels to issue another denial? COHEN: Despite thinking the story was dying, there were still persistent reporters looking into this and I thought it would be helpful to put an end to it. HOFFINGER: did you know at the time this statement was false? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: How did you know COHEN: Because I helped him craft it
PEOPLES EXHIBIT 260 - TEXTS BETWEEN COHEN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN OF NYT (2/13/18)
HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman?
COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times.
FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me responding to complaint and statement. Please start writing and I will call you soon
Link to tweet
CousinIT
(9,331 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)There had to be something in it for her.
RockRaven
(15,227 posts)Which is what promotions, raises, book deals, and public stature are built on.
Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)and having other people write her articles for her?
LisaM
(27,892 posts)but I have seen lots of op-eds that are disguised as news columns, not just in the NYT, but in the Washington Post and WSJ, too. Then they can disclaim responsibility.
mopinko
(70,549 posts)esp as she well knew that it wouldnt matter what she wrote, or how she spun it, as long as it got printed. hes too stupid to know bad press from good.
this is about more. getting paid, but for this level of debasement, blackmail.
i said what i said.
Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Trump and the GOP have made the media their propaganda arm.
They probably used carrot and stick to do it.
Especially after Trump had access to CIA operatives who would get profiles on anyone for him.
Probably part of what was in those boxes he would not let go of.
yardwork
(61,897 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Not all of them of course.
I said this from the beginning, some of it is material he can use against other people.
But the blackmail stuff is personal for Trump, that is why he cannot let it go.
It is worth a lot to him on many levels.
Yes he had access to friendly CIA and FBI agents.
And access to any information about people he wanted.
peppertree
(21,879 posts)One major source - especially for Trump and the Repugs - is Isreal's Pegasus spyware, which is embedded in most, if not all, mediasphere phones (to say nothing of politicians and executives).
And their findings are routinely shared with AIPAC and/or otherwise leaked (that's how they got that dummy, Tony Wiener - and by extension Hillary).
Before getting to that point though, a courtesy phone call will often be made to "smooth things over" - a tactic Trump (as Lindsey knows so well) likewise shares.
LiberalFighter
(51,898 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Before, any publicity was good publicity and the more scandalous the better.
With the election it all had to be good news with no hint of scandal.
LiberalFighter
(51,898 posts)getagrip_already
(15,210 posts)It's what fills books, gets buy lines, and gets high paying seats on tee vee shows.
Joinfortmill
(14,642 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,642 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,300 posts)"Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America" couldn't have been written without Trump's help. She got a ton of money off it.
I think she was singularly responsible for keeping the Hillary email nonsense alive. She kept it a thing through October. It was long enough for Comey to put a nail in Hillary's campaign coffin with his be afraid of the emails false alarm letter.
So, we can thank her for a Trump presidency.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,898 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,898 posts)Theres no integrity there. I never liked her mannerism on CNN, so I guess my disdain is validated.
Irish_Dem
(49,398 posts)We don't exactly know the nature of the payments but there was a quid pro quo.
gay texan
(2,513 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)RockRaven
(15,227 posts)(yes, plural, Fred Sr and Donnie Dotard both) were clients of starting in the 1970s.
Her access to Trumpland, on the basis that TFG recognized the connection, was a feature exploited by NYT very purposely, not a mere coincidence.
atreides1
(16,141 posts)That firm also represented Charles Kushner.
BoRaGard
(387 posts)And the Times has once again soiled its journalistic diaper by keeping
the darkside Republican agent on the payroll, and printing her pass-through bullshit.
delisen
(6,062 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,123 posts)NoSheep
(8,140 posts)mercuryblues
(14,590 posts)Maggie's bank account relies on her "writing"
This explains many of the connections Between Maggie and the right wing press. She is more than happy to do as told.
We also learned about the oft-told fables of the entire Rubenstein family: including, how Howard got his start, and how his sons would later join the family business. We found links to the Lauders and ostensibly to Arthur Finkelstein - a GOP strategist, who apprenticed under Roy Cohn and worked with both Paul Manafort and Roger Stone.
This dig definitely delivered - so much so that we are still sorting through it all. Rest assured, we will bring you everything that we find.
But for now - for the purposes of understanding the powerful influence Howard Rubensteins firm has over the media and journalism, lets focus on more recent events.
Today, Howard no longer officially works for Donald. That baton at least for Trumps business brand, has been passed on to his son Richards PR firm. Howard and Donald do, however, maintain a 'mutually beneficial relationship'. When Howard was asked recently to comment on Trump, he certainly had nothing bad to say. PR gonna PR. Right, Nancy?
But the Rubenstein firms ties and access to the Trump administration dont stop with the Trumps. JARED KUSHNER is another high-profile Rubenstein client. And Jareds relationship with Howard appears far more intimate.
Jared is reportedly so close to Rubenstein, that it was Howard who Jared turned to when his father, Charles Kushner, was sent to federal prison (convicted in 2005 for illegal campaign donations, witness tampering, and tax evasion). That sounds like a close relationship, doesnt it?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,816 posts)ecstatic
(32,871 posts)now to learn she's basically the pecker of the NYT. This is a scandal!
Ocelot II
(116,309 posts)Apparently not.
Johnny2X2X
(19,463 posts)Imagine if this had been Biden or Hillary. The scandal would rock the country if it was anyone other than Trump.
As a candidate and as a President, Trump and his team had editorial control over a high profile writer for the NY Times. They also had editorial and veto power at the National Enquirer. THIS IS NOT OK!!! This is not business as usual and another shoulder shrug at another Trump outrage. Parts of the media being under direct control of the president is not what America is supposed to have.
Is it any wonder Trump won? He had control over key parts of the media and played the rest of it like a fiddle. And he's still doing it. Who else does he have on his payroll right now?
Haberman needs to be fired today!
AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)Did she really think it would never come out?
Joinfortmill
(14,642 posts)delisen
(6,062 posts)Not the first time the New York Times fed us propaganda instead of news
and what is the excuse-maintaining access?
What is the point of having access to the powerful if it turns you into a tool for dishonest politicians intent on destroying democracy?
TBF
(32,227 posts)it's about time all the putrid details come out
PufPuf23
(8,910 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,517 posts)Resurrect Mad Magazine.
It would be appropriate considering our current state of affairs......
Traurigkeit
(735 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)hem they would have had plenty if they stuck around .
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,517 posts)If you haven't already, try a subscription to Funny Time Magazine, a tabloid-style monthly paper chocked full of editorial cartoons and articles, all with a progress tilt. Also usually includes some Harper's List, News of the Weird and some Andy Borowitz.
Best $28 I spend every year and the best damned potty-time reading ever.
AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,517 posts)Makes a nice Christmas or birthday gift for progressive friends and family, too.
magicarpet
(14,458 posts)We could put a big picture on the glossy front cover of the Tangerine Turd Messiah/Fuhrer on each and every monthly edition printed.
trDUMPie would love that idea to death - maximum brand exposure for his sour puss.
NBachers
(17,238 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,564 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,898 posts)republianmushroom
(14,268 posts)czarjak
(11,446 posts)Sogo
(5,051 posts)I see that it's in quotes, but I can't find this statement in any text or links posted.
Am I blind?....Who said this?
TwilightZone
(25,592 posts)A faulty inference, at that. There was nothing remotely like that in testimony.
People see what they want to see, particularly when their conclusions were previously made.
For the record, I'm not defending her, but asserting that anyone ever said this is intentionally misleading, bordering on a flat-out lie. Won't stop everyone from hopping on the bandwagon.
shrike3
(4,019 posts)Seem to remember a story, "Maggie Haberman's Wild Ride." Lots of oohhin and ahhing.
Ms Haberman was one of those complaining about not being allowed to cover Ashley Biden's wedding. Most egregious thing she'd ever seen, apparently.
majdrfrtim
(322 posts)Ive long considered Habermans writing to be nauseatingly fetid.
shrike3
(4,019 posts)Harker
(14,179 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,642 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,898 posts)mental gymnastics to excuse her.
Harker
(14,179 posts)There's sure to be a profound ripple effect, if not a tsunami.
ok_cpu
(2,069 posts)Live Updates: Defense Tries to Cast Cohen as Motivated by Vengeance Against Trump https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/14/nyregion/trump-trial-news-michael-cohen?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.7lzR.aLyZMai3yL-C
Harker
(14,179 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,316 posts)dchill
(38,691 posts)I think it does! How 'bout that Peeyoolitzer?
niyad
(114,429 posts)his sinus infection improves.
Joinfortmill
(14,642 posts)malaise
(269,863 posts)Asking for a friend
Botany
(70,771 posts)... apologize for her email crimes in 2016 even though she had done nothing wrong.
Ilsa
(61,723 posts)a bulletproof vest.
twodogsbarking
(10,143 posts)Crickets.
TwilightZone
(25,592 posts)Nah, we'll all just hammer that Recommend button, falling for yet another misleading headline.
twodogsbarking
(10,143 posts)Who woulda thunk.
jcgoldie
(11,676 posts)...would explain her trying to put distance by repeatedly calling out Trump's courtroom sleeping.
Think. Again.
(9,449 posts)jcgoldie
(11,676 posts)They mention the issue of the Stormy denial.. curiously there is no mention of Maggie Haberman...
fishwax
(29,156 posts)yardwork
(61,897 posts)Bristlecone
(10,178 posts)She always comes across like a mortician on TV.
SupportSanity
(267 posts)Sessuch
(116 posts)ecstatic
(32,871 posts)dsp3000
(494 posts)betsuni
(26,042 posts)Picaro
(1,569 posts)Being a stenographer to power rather being a journalist that speaks truth to power has been going on for a very long time. But the NYT and journalists like Maggie Haberman are among the reasons why the people dont trust the MSM.
The New York Times has gained a reputation for fake news and are often on the MAGA side.
But right, left, or centerwe are all the lesser for it.
The Gray Lady is not worthy of our trust.
Mysterian
(4,630 posts)for fascists who wish to destroy the USA.
Kid Berwyn
(15,364 posts)"She always wrote what we told her."