Judd LegumDec 22, 2022

1. This is an accurate description of oppo research and describes why oppo research did not discover the deceptions of Congressman-elect George Santos

But it skips over a larger problem: the Democratic Party's failure to invest and prioritize research

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/opinion/george-santos-oppo-research-dccc.html

Opinion | George Santos and how Opposition Research Really Works

A New York congressman-elect appears to have misrepresented extensive portions of his résumé. How does something get by an opposition researcher?

Show threadDr James J Teeth

@juddlegum

This is a failure of journalism too. None of the news media in New York ran a background check on the candidates for Federal office in the election? The fact the New York Times discovered this after the election says a lot about the New York Times.

Dec 22, 2022 at 4:11pmWeb
Show threadJJ PetersonDec 22, 2022
@jimgon @juddlegum
Journalists saying it’s not their job to fact check politicians is like being in opposite-land.
Show threadDr James J TeethDec 22, 2022

@JJPeterson

According to The New Republic a small weekly called The North Shore Leader raised questions, but that seems to have been it for journalists.

https://newrepublic.com/article/169686/george-santos-record-democrats-media?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

The Holes in George Santos’s Record Were Just Sitting There

A combination of inaction and inattention allowed the newly elected Republican lawmaker to win office despite having apparently fabricated wide swaths of his biography.

The New Republic
Show threadJJ PetersonDec 22, 2022

@jimgon

So even had democrats uncovered oppo research (which I think is ethically questionable in the first place because it’s always been the Republican dirty tricks strategy), getting any journalist to pick up the story regardless of who uncovers it, is impossible, as this proves.

Show threadPatty KimuraDec 23, 2022

@JJPeterson @jimgon @juddlegum 1930s NYT ran articles with headlines extolling Mr Hitler as doing an amazing job reviving the moribund German economy.

My late mother remembers reading about the dynamic Mr Hitler. Years later, her younger brother (442nd RCT) stumbled upon Dachau satellite camps filled with "walking skeletons."