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When did the major media become incapable of inference? We can be slapped in the face with ample evidence of governmental malfeasance, with a parade of obvious -- and often laughably inane -- false denials, yet the corporate media is utterly oblivious unless a guilty verdict is rendered in a court of law or someone literally confesses.
Our "media watchdogs" seem unable to remember the lies that have spewed forth from this administration for the last six years -- and then respond with puzzled indignation to any signs of skepticism.
Glenn, your ABC flack was simply incapable of inferring why you would need the source to contextualize their report. As Colbert put it: "The White House says it and (the media) types it up."
