NYT accidentally exposes Biden's big debate lie

The biggest lie at the debate almost went unchecked. The New York Times ruined that

“The fact is that Putin is a war criminal,” whispered Biden during his debate against Trump. “He’s killed thousands and thousands of people. And he has made one thing clear: he wants to re-establish what was part of the Soviet empire, not just a piece, he wants all of Ukraine.”

He went on, so far unchecked by Dana Bash and Jake Tapper: “And then you think he’ll stop there? Do you think he’ll stop when he – if he takes Ukraine? What do you think happens to Poland? What do you think happens to Belarus? What do you think happens to those NATO countries?”

And while the media went on to fact check Trump’s many lies, they avoided all of Biden’s, covering up his trail of falsehoods perfectly.

Except for the New York Times.

They wrote this week: "Throughout the war, U.S. officials have assessed that President Vladimir V. Putin is loath to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders."

The New York Times must be having a very shameful week knowing that it didn’t perfectly perform the duties of state media stenography.

And that’s not all they’re in trouble for. Prime Minister Netanyahu slammed the Times for accusing Israel of being willing to accept a peace deal.

“I am here to make it unequivocally clear,” he said, “This will not happen. The war will end once Israel achieves all of its objectives. We will not capitulate to the winds of defeatism, neither in the New York Times nor anywhere else.”

Ouch, strike two for the paper that used to be so good at following the government line. We’re sure they will rectify it immediately.

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