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Paul Farhi
@farhip
I write about the news media, other topics in Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Washingtonian, CJR, etc. Back when: WashPost. [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined December 2008
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    “Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign.”
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    Commercial airline deaths in the U.S. by year: 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 0. 2013: 0. 2014: 0. 2015: 0. 2016: 0. 2017: 0. google.com/amp/s/www.forb…
    Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news - it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!
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    Fallout from Jeff Bezos’ decision not to have the @washingtonpost endorse a presidential candidate: —Widespread (negative) news coverage; —Internal staff protest; —Guild complaint; —Published protest letter from eight columnists; —~2,000(?) subscription cancellations…More…
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    Astonishing (and perhaps under appreciated):  No. of U.S. commercial airline crashes by year: 2010: 0. 2011: 0. 2012: 0. 2013: 0. 2014: 0. 2015: 0. 2016: 0. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. 2019: 0. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. 2022: 0. 2023 (so far): 0.
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    Records president has not released (a partial list): --Tax records. --Draft board records. --Medical records. --Passport application and records. --College transcripts. --Business records. --Wife’s immigration records. --White House visitor logs.
    In order to continue being the most Transparent President in history, I will be releasing sometime this week the Transcript of the first, and therefore most important, phone call I had with the President of Ukraine. I am sure you will find it tantalizing!
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    On @CNN, Bob Woodward drops new audiotape in which Trump gives himself an A grade for his handling of the pandemic. At time (July), 142,000 had died. Woodward calls it “saddest” taped statement by a president, including Nixon.
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    Some internal news: In response to Putin’s threats against reporters in Russia, the @washingtonpost will remove bylines and datelines from stories produced by our journalists in Russia. Goal is to ensure staff’s safety.  Been around a while. Never seen anything like this.
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    New: Biden will sign exec orders on first day as POTUS, reversing Trump policies: —Will rejoin Paris climate accords. —Reverse withdrawal from the World Health Organization. —Repeal ban on immigration from Muslim-majority countries. —Reinstate DACA.
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    I’m afraid all the debate over whether Michelle Wolf was too mean to Sarah Sanders is going to overshadow this juicy bit of media criticism in her #whca monologue:
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    Three weeks later. Still no video.
    The Trump campaign said this week that it would release video showing there was “no physical altercation”between its reps and an official who tried to stop them from filming a campaign video at Arlington Cemetery. As of today, no video has been released. cbsnews.com/amp/news/kamal…
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    To summarize: Spicer quit because of Scaramucci, who took down Priebus, who was replaced by Kelly, who took down Scaramucci.
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    Anderson Cooper on @CNN just now: "The Washington Post says 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.' It doesn't. It dies right in front of our faces."
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    A partial list of things we’ve stopped asking about/can’t get answers to about Trump: —His tax returns. —Medical records. —Draft records. —College transcripts. —Passport records. —WH visitor logs. —Melania’s immigration records. —Her parents’ immigrtn records. —Emoluments.
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