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Political journalists know nothing, 2020 edition

By Becket Adams
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Political journalists know nothing, 2020 edition

Political journalism’s problem of historical illiteracy is as “catastrophic” as ever, and I don’t think it’s going to get better any time soon.

NBC News reporter Marianna Sotomayor stepped in it this weekend when she claimed incorrectly that 2020 would be the first year that more than one woman has run for president in the United States.

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