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Originally Posted by Skybird
Barr's opportunistically harmless comments certainly gave it a spin.
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Who's spinning what here and why?
What is really interesting here is just how disingenous the news media is. From the Washington Post article......
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A day after Mueller sent his letter to Barr, the two men spoke by phone for about 15 minutes, according to law enforcement officials.
In that call, Mueller said he was concerned that media coverage of the obstruction investigation was misguided and creating public misunderstandings about the office’s work, according to Justice Department officials.
When Barr pressed Mueller on whether he thought Barr’s memo to Congress was inaccurate, Mueller said he did not but felt that the media coverage of it was misinterpreting the investigation, officials said.
“After the Attorney General received Special Counsel Mueller’s letter, he called him to discuss it,” a Justice Department spokeswoman said Tuesday evening. “In a cordial and professional conversation, the Special Counsel emphasized that nothing in the Attorney General’s March 24 letter was inaccurate or misleading. But, he expressed frustration over the lack of context and the resulting media coverage regarding the Special Counsel’s obstruction analysis.
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So what we have here is a news organization, the Washington Post reporting on the fact that Mueller thought the media spin was 'misguided, misinterpreted, and inaccurate or misleading'. Almost for certain the WP was one of those media outlets. Talk about a lack of self awareness.
It is also no coincidence that this attempted smear of Barr comes on the day he is to testify before the Senate.