re: #146 sagehen
Continued: he’s trying to pressure Ukraine to put forth a story that implicates the Obama administration in formenting/promoting the instigation of the Russia investigation. A story he’s been hoping to promote since Day 1.
Another reminder of bad faith by the NY Times: They allowed Judith Miller to promote the story that justified our intervention in Iraq.
That said, despite their malfeasance, the NYT is one of the few publications with the resources and the history of doing in-depth investigations. We do need them but they also need some self-reflection and rethinking of their obligations to the public.