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Who’re You Gonna Believe? Not the Media

Who’re You Gonna Believe? Not the Media
Jussie Smollett arrives with his mother, Janet Smollett (L), at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his trial on disorderly conduct charges in Chicago on Dec. 6 2021. Kamil Krzacynski/AFP via Getty Images
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The recent revelations arising from the Durham probe into the origins of the Russiagate scandal have made it clearer than ever that, when the media fought back against Donald Trump’s charge that they had become the purveyors of “fake news,” they did so at the cost of having proved him right.

James Bowman
James Bowman
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James Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The author of “Honor: A History,” he is a movie critic for The American Spectator and the media critic for The New Criterion.
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