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At this point I'm genuinely surprised the argument over Jason Arday is still going, but it is. The latest angle, which both David and I wrote about yesterday, is that the media were to blame for his apparent suicide because they...did their jobs?

It could not be more clear that the problem, as they see it, is not that the media revealed a fabulist who was unfit for his high-profile job. The real problem is that he was one of them and the media aren't supposed to go this hard against one of them. The media ought to know that it's okay to destroy a fraud and liar on the right but when it comes to their side of the aisle, the media is supposed to dial it back. The failure to dial it back for Jason Arday is being treated as a sign of bad (racist) motives.

And that's how you get opinion pieces like this one from the Guardian arguing that the right is a bunch of monsters even though in this case they were clearly right about Jason Arday.
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To sum it up, the evil, racist right hounded the poor man to his grave. Now the awkward truth: They were right about him being a fraud.
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The monsters were right and their glee at being right was terrible to behold. And while it's good to demonize those foes of all that is good (the right), don't lump them in with the reporters who were saying exactly the same thing because, well, because the media is composed of fair-minded progressives.
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The underlying idea here, which I think is common on the left, is that the right should always be discounted because of their bad motives. Meanwhile, progressive journalists should always be credited for their virtuous motives even if they are repeating things the conservatives said first. Put another way, no conservative author can ever be credited for just speaking the truth and no left-wing journalist can be faulted for failing to do so until absolute forced by circumstances.

It really is maddening over time to be part of this never ending game of media Calvinball. Sure, the right said Joe Biden was slipping for years, but even when it turns out they were absolutely right almost no one will admit that or remember it for next time. No one wants to talk about why the rest of the media dropped the ball either. And no matter how many cycles of this game we go through, right up to Jason Arday, the Left never can credit the right for just speaking the truth.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to expose property owners cooperating with ICE, prompting the agency to accuse the Democrat of using her office to intimidate private citizens.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) announced plans to file public records requests to identify property owners leasing parking spaces to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This comes after ICE issued a request for 249 parking spaces in Boston for its operations, prompting Wu to voice opposition to any expansion of ICE activity in her so-called sanctuary city.

📺 DETAIL: Wu stated that while the city cannot legally block private property owners from leasing to ICE, her administration intends to contact those involved to discourage cooperation. Wu claimed ICE activities jeopardize public safety and accused the agency of conducting “unlawful and dangerous” operations.