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Read all our coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment.

Politics

Nothing to See Here

By Matthew Yglesias
May 8, 2008
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Michael Calderone and Avi Zenilman: "'Deafening silence' from networks on military analysts". It's as if The New York Times' famous ability to set the agenda for TV news magically evaporates when wholesale corruption on the part of TV news becomes the story. They were complicit in lying to the public, they got caught, and they're not even slightly embarrassed or ashamed.