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Home Front: Politix

ProPublica's Secret Talks Reveal Hegseth Fake News Was Deliberately Manufactured

2024-12-15

[Twitchy] ProPublica really hoped to prove Pete Hegseth lied about acceptance to West Point. They were full steam ahead with the story until Hegseth's team went ahead and outed the scheme to the public. Today, we learned how the plot unfolded.

"One hour deadline" by the way means they had already written the story they were gonna publish. ProPublica should be lucky Pete had his acceptance letter otherwise they would've taken one the fattest L's in journalism history.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 12, 2024

They had no intentions of being fair to him or any Republican, actually.

One hour doesn't even give him time to scan and email a document back to them.

"Our deadline is in one hour" means they're already written the story and they're not giving you enough time to respond.

Everybody involved at West Point and Pro Publica should be fired.
— Mostly Peaceful Cat (@MaxPaxCat) December 12, 2024

Posted by:Skidmark

#4 "I understand ProPublica runs a pizza/child pron site. I'm publishing this unless you respond in 24 minutes"

/Slightly Sarc

Posted by: Frank G 2024-12-15 17:20

#3 Hegseth should have kept that info to himself. Then when ProPublic went public with its BS story, just hit them with the evidence and a multi-million dollar lawsuit. No warning letters, just the lawsuit.

Posted by: Elmaper+McGurque1612 2024-12-15 15:46

#2 Hegseth probably had it accessible from the vetting process. They should have let them hang themselves.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-12-15 14:49

#1 Hegseth's letter dates back to 1999. I'm surprised he could find it that fast.

Posted by: Elmaper+McGurque1612 2024-12-15 02:09

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