Amid Trump’s Helsinki disaster, the press still manages to bungle its attacks

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Certain journalists should spend more time investigating, and less time trying to score sick burns against President Trump.

We’ve seen this story maybe 100 times: President Trump says “X,” reporters think “X” is stupid or factually incorrect, they rush to correct him only to discover later that “X” is perfectly reasonable and accurate. Their failed attempt to embarrass the president serves only to reveal that they are just as sloppy and ignorant as they say he is.

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