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Just a few weeks ago, The Globe’s deputy Washington bureau chief, Matt
Viser, wrote a gushy valentine to Sen. Ted Cruz’s ultraliberal opponent
Rep. Beto O'Rourke in Town & Country Magazine, naturally comparing
him and his “inspiring message” to “Bobby Kennedy in 1968.”
— When the movie “Chappaquiddick” came out in April, Globe film critic
Ty Burr touted Ted Kennedy’s “endless accomplishments” in the Senate
and added that the Kennedys “remain royalty in a country of grudging
commoners.” Was the movie true? The critic concluded, “I’ll never know,
and neither will you.”
— In January, The Globe topped a Sunday paper with a headline oozing
over former President Barack Obama: “Gone but Still Growing on Us.” It
began: “His poll numbers look great, his Twitter posts are often among
the most read in the world, and with every utterance, his impassioned
base of supporters reacts with a fervor more typical for celebrities
than former civil servants. Meet Barack Obama.” Can you smell them
holding presidents accountable?
— Last September, The Globe’s front page carried a story implausibly
promoting ultraliberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren as a Bible-thumping
Christian. “Warren is well known for her acrid take on Wall Street” and
Donald Trump, “But religious leaders who have known her since her first
run for public office say her Christian faith is a constant, if quiet,
presence in her life, that it is deep and authentic, and informs her
work as a senator.” That echoes the way liberals promoted Hillary
Clinton and skips over their hardcore defense of abortion on demand.
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