A tale of two liberal writers who get the War on Trump right (in form, at least)
The flipside of the Fake News phenomenon as exposed and indeed elevated by the 2016 election and its ongoing aftermath is that it is now indisputably rational, even perhaps obligatory, to hold any anti-Trump report as false until solidly proven true, and--get this--to give higher credence to pro-Trump stories from the same outlets. It's a matter of "statements against interest." The liberal media would have no reason to make up positive things about Trump and company. Thus they are more likely honest and truthful. Normally this would be a dangerous and even inappropriate or dishonest way of digesting news reports. But then came the 2016 election. It's all different now. Below are two articles in rather liberal outlets that, in their own ways, demonstrate the fallacy of so much anti-Trump smoke-stirring, especially alleged incapacitating connections to Russia. These analyses hold a certain credibility for two reasons: 1. Liberals tend to be bet...
