http://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/01/21/journo-sam-stein-catches-heat-from-fellow-libs-after-calling-out-cnn-for-spinning-on-bs-story-about-biden-admin-and-covid19-vaccine-plan/
Earlier today, CNN ran with a dubious “scoop” on The Trump administration leaving Joe Biden’s administration with “no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.”
Ross Levitt ~ Great SCOOP from @mj_lee on how bad this situation is with vaccine distribution: "There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch," one source said.
“One source.” One murky, decidedly not-reliable source.
But as long as it makes Trump look bad and makes excuses for Joe Biden, it’s good enough for CNN.
PoliMath ~ This is absolutely and completely untrue
The attitude "build everything from scratch" would probably add more friction to a vaccine rollout that is currently the second best rollout in the world for a large country.
http://t.co/EwCAfbTAET
tsar becket adams ~ This is a lie.
CNN is allowing itself to be used as a PR shop to spin events in Biden's favor. If the admin meets its goal of 100M vaccines in 100 days, which we are on course to do anyway, they take credit. If they don't meet that goal, they can claim they never had a chance.
Bingo.
CNN’s partisan hackery is so blatant that even Politico White House editor and MSNBC contributor — and reliable Democratic defender — Sam Stein is calling BS:
Sam Stein ~ Biden folks are spinning here or trying to lower the bar strategically. There was, indeed, a plan from Trump. I listened in on govs calls on vaccine distribution. The plan had obvious shortcomings. but to say there’s nothing to rework is not true.
"Obvious shortcomings" in that the Trump Administration didn't plan vaccine distributions based on racial preferences, like Democrats want to do.
You can call that “spinning” ... or you can just call it what it is:
Stephen L. Miller ~ You mean lying ... Or is it just spinning again now?
Kyle Kashuv ~ I believe the word for that is “lying.”
I got your #Unity right here ~ They're lying. It's a lie. Just say that.
RBe ~ While I'm amazed that Sam is pushing back at all, I noticed he didn't use the word that would summarize what's going on here.
Lying.
The Biden "folks" are LYING.
Sam knows they’re lying … he just can’t quite bring himself to say it.
Which is actually kind of understandable when you consider the sort of pushback he’s getting:
Sunny McSunnyface ~ Sam’s responses are full of Democrats very upset by reality.
Here’s a taste:
Charles Johnson ~ You do realize that talking about a plan and actually implementing that plan are two different things, right?
Hmmm ... as of January 14, 2021, the federal government had already distributed 30.6 million doses to states, nationwide.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/us-sees-11m-covid-19-vaccines-administered
Kahuna Dan ~ @samstein has been pushing shit already about the @POTUS administration ... trying to undercut it before it starts. I have lost the respect I had for him. Sam, try helping before undercutting.
Hey, lil' Kahuna ... since when is the media supposed to help a presidential administration, eh? I thought they were supposed report the facts and speak truth to power, right, you hypocritical jackass?
Jim R ~ Time to unfollow Sam. We can see where he's going.
Yeah, libtard snowflakes desperately want to cut and run whenever the truth gets in the way of their narrative.
Sheesh. A liberal reporter tries a little intellectual honesty and this is what happens.
Ellen Carmichael ~ The angry replies to reporters pushing back on the CNN report re: Biden and vaccine distribution plan are just "chef’s kiss".
If the media now even show a fraction of their resolve that they did against Trump, these lefty activists are going to spontaneously combust.
No wonder he’s so reluctant to just come right out and say that CNN’s lying.
Andy Grewal ~ When you've lost MSNBC ...
And we thought CNN was bad during the Trump years. Looks like the worst may be yet to come.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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