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by iconjack 1240 days ago
The author uses the Clinton email scandal as an example of how the media over-covered certain stories.

"That Clinton was somehow a criminal for doing what her predecessor Colin Powell had also done—conduct government business using a private server—was a staple of the Trump campaign"

How does an educated person, journalist or not, not know the difference between using a private email account, which is what Colin Powell confessed to, and having a private email server set up in your home? (rumored to be quite insecure in the first few months)

There are several such "mistakes" in this article. It indeed read like a parody.