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   Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:39:22 JST Waldo Jaquith

   The Trump campaign can apparently say literally anything in response to a media inquiry and the outlet will dutifully report that the reporter was instructed to fuck themselves or whatever. It’s really bizarre. https://wapo.st/46m0GX8

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     Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:39:52 JST Dan Gillmor

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     @waldoj The appropriate way to handle that would have been, rather than quoting the BS, to say this:

     "A campaign spokesperson replied to the Post's query with an attack on the news organization. She did not address the questions we asked."

     Journalists: Don't quote liars. It's bad for your audience, and bad for your credibility as journalists. The only people it helps are the liars.