The most annoying media “fact-check” is the one that pretends certain words don’t mean what we all know them to mean. We’re talking about the defensive responses this week to the revelation that the Biden Justice Department spied on eight Republican senators.
It’s not spying, respond the critics. Just think of it as unannounced monitoring! Secret scrutiny! Quiet stalking! Remember, it’s only spying if it comes from a disfavored region of the Potomac. Otherwise, it’s just “sparkling surveillance.”
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