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> The first is that the NYT presented leaked documents and innuendo from unnamed sources about Lee's culpability. All this turned out to be either not true or completely blown out of proportion.

Now that we know that parallel construction is a tool used by intelligence agencies, along with discrediting targets as another routinely used device, when are we going to mandate "citation or GTFO" from the already-discredited media?

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I too wonder as to why the credibility of media orgs like NYT isn't questioned inspite of acting as lapdogs in several cases..

The credibility of media organizations like the NYT is questioned all the time.

The questioners are rarely treated seriously by media organizations like the NYT, but they still certainly exist.

That's not likely to change, but it would be nice to see them taken a little more seriously by news consumers.

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