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Political journalists’ deep, catastrophic historical illiteracy

By Becket Adams

Published February 1, 2019 10:54pm ET

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Political journalists’ deep, catastrophic historical illiteracy — In this Jan. 15, 2019, photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., questions Attorney General nominee William Barr as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A great number of U.S. political reporters are historically illiterate. National Review’s Charles C. W. Cooke rightly described the problem as widespread and “catastrophic,” arguing further that it is “rife among the journalistic class.”

On Friday, the Los Angeles Times masterfully outlined this problem as it failed horribly to find the historical aspect to Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 campaign announcement.

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