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dchill

(38,505 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:26 AM Feb 2016

Latest Capehart tweet: "Not so cut and dry."

19 minutes ago
Jonathan Capehart ?@CapehartJ
Spent the day doing my job. Reporting. Getting the facts. Thinking before writing. New Bernie photo piece coming soon. Not so cut and dry.


He may want to put this on the back burner to simmer and thicken all weekend...


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Latest Capehart tweet: "Not so cut and dry." (Original Post) dchill Feb 2016 OP
Oh the drama! This whole thing is getting super silly. n/t Avalux Feb 2016 #1
*adds flour* MisterP Feb 2016 #2
Of course not cut and dry nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #3
I wonder how long it's been... dchill Feb 2016 #4
He is an opinion writer nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #7
Well, it's my "opinion"... dchill Feb 2016 #8
It helps nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #10
Even opinions are supposed to be backed up by facts. n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #14
As I said above, it helps nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #16
He is full of shit. n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #5
Is not so cut and dry the new way of saying senseandsensibility Feb 2016 #6
didnt do that the first time? Paulie Feb 2016 #9
You mean... dchill Feb 2016 #12
Exactly Paulie Feb 2016 #21
Send tweets to WaPo. They pay him. jillan Feb 2016 #11
As a Hillary Supporter... fun n serious Feb 2016 #13
At least he wasn't out campaigning for a politician who opposed the Civil Rights Act. Chakab Feb 2016 #38
No, his job was to get the facts first and then report. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #15
So he did his job after he wrote an article. Does he realize how stupid he sounds? And yes, I Skwmom Feb 2016 #17
He deserves all the ridicule he gets. dchill Feb 2016 #18
I suspect the editor had a very one sided conversation already nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #19
OMG. The Washington Post is maybe one step above the National Enquirer. Their editorial board Skwmom Feb 2016 #20
Actually you would be surprised how these incidents do make it to journalism schools nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #23
I would certainly hope so. dchill Feb 2016 #22
I would not quite go that far nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #25
Did you see the correction at the bottom of this one? Paulie Feb 2016 #24
Yup, this campaign is going to be one yyyuggge teaching moment I suspect. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #26
Indeed! Paulie Feb 2016 #27
(Shakes head) dchill Feb 2016 #29
We knew it would be a "can't really tell" type bullshit "I won't apologize" valerief Feb 2016 #28
800+ comments at the WaPo and he's getting pummeled. SMC22307 Feb 2016 #30
He investigates....after it's published! TM Avalux Feb 2016 #31
A small miscalculation on sequence. dchill Feb 2016 #32
It's all so weasely. SMC22307 Feb 2016 #33
Then his job must be to go on TV and be an attack dog for the 1% Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #34
Yep. dchill Feb 2016 #36
That, after spending all day tweeting this crap... Ino Feb 2016 #35
Put them all together and you have... dchill Feb 2016 #37
Maybe they all look alike flamingdem Feb 2016 #39
Damage already done. Their goal was to inoculate black voters against Bernie ads by planting doubt. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #40
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
3. Of course not cut and dry
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:29 AM
Feb 2016

he should ask his photogs at the WAPO how they keep records. Might even learn something.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
7. He is an opinion writer
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:33 AM
Feb 2016

and opinion writers have a place, but not in the news side of the business.

That is the first Journo 101

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
13. As a Hillary Supporter...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:40 AM
Feb 2016

I never questioned it was Bernie. The only thought that came to my mind was.."Oh! He was a good looking young man!" That's it.



edit to add... He must not have much civil rights work if he has to go back to the 60's to add it to his current resume

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
17. So he did his job after he wrote an article. Does he realize how stupid he sounds? And yes, I
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:43 AM
Feb 2016

believe that people that engage in such b.s should be ridiculed.
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
19. I suspect the editor had a very one sided conversation already
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:49 AM
Feb 2016

opinion writers are not supposed to make the paper look bad.

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
20. OMG. The Washington Post is maybe one step above the National Enquirer. Their editorial board
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:51 AM
Feb 2016

should be discussed in a class on journalistic ethics and how not to conduct yourself.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
23. Actually you would be surprised how these incidents do make it to journalism schools
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:54 AM
Feb 2016


And they are discussed in news rooms.
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
25. I would not quite go that far
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:55 AM
Feb 2016

mostly the subject of this makes his life in the public eye... though the photog might have some grounds since he is a private person.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
30. 800+ comments at the WaPo and he's getting pummeled.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:04 AM
Feb 2016

It's hard to believe that paper actually brought down a President. Now it's been reduced to the hard-hitting investigative journalism of... Jonathan Capehart.

Ino

(3,366 posts)
35. That, after spending all day tweeting this crap...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:14 AM
Feb 2016
What’s at issue is Sanders’s misleading use of a photograph to burnish already solid credentials.
Try a little research and find the piece I wrote tonight about the pic. Takes more than 2 secs to read it tho.
West Coast late read 2: Stop sending around this photo of ‘Bernie Sanders.’
All of you who think this is Bernie Sanders are wrong.
Stop sending around this photo of ‘Bernie Sanders.’
92% of NH voters who want “honest” candidate voted for Sanders. So why does he continue to use this photo?
Stop physically placing Sanders where he only existed in spirit.
That’s not Bernie Sanders in the photo, y'all keep sending around. It is Bruce Rappaport.
Bernie Sanders's questionable photo bomb.
Unlike you, I don't have the luxury of senselessly popping off. My folo-up is forthcoming.
What’s at issue is Sanders’s misleading use of a photograph to burnish already solid credentials.
This is not Bernie Sanders.
Quite the crazy day. I've intrvu'd ex-wife of Bruce Rappaport AND the photographer of the disputed "Sanders" photo. Now transcribing.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
39. Maybe they all look alike
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:23 AM
Feb 2016

I mean all of those protesters of that .. era with their sweaters and glasses and stuff.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
40. Damage already done. Their goal was to inoculate black voters against Bernie ads by planting doubt.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:27 AM
Feb 2016

A brilliant swiftboating success coordinated across multiple fronts.



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