Staff Reports
Senator Susan Collins of Maine isn’t letting The New Yorker get away with publishing an inaccurate hit piece on the Trump transition team and the defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth. In true dramatic fashion, the left-leaning magazine accused the team of issuing a “behind-the-scenes campaign” aimed at intimidating potential witnesses. It seems they think Republicans operate like James Bond villains trying to keep the whole operation shrouded in secrecy—because what else could be more alarming to the mainstream media than a successful GOP transition?
Collins quickly took to social media to wrestle the narrative back from the hands of this elite publication. She pointed out that the article claimed many GOP senators declined to meet with Hegseth’s accusers. But Collins, being the moderate Republican she is (or at least claims to be), firmly asserted that she never turned down a meeting with the accuser since, fun fact, she was never contacted in the first place. Apparently, The New Yorker was far too preoccupied spinning their narrative to check the facts.
In what can only be seen as an admission of negligence, the magazine ran with a story that misrepresented the situation entirely. Collins explicitly clarified she was in the loop on the whole situation—her team even reached out to explain that any allegations should be reserved for the relevant Armed Services Committee, with which she is, of course, not involved. Yet, in the art of spin, the left seems to ignore such trivialities as committee jurisdictions.
Collins Puts The New Yorker on Blast Over This Part of Hegseth Storyhttps://t.co/x3zPT0oFGJ
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The New Yorker also failed to acknowledge or correct Collins’ substantiated claims after she provided the proof to set the record straight. Instead, opting to keep rather silent about their blunder, they seem eager to let their readership wallow in misinformation. This raises the question: is it a mere oversight, or does The New Yorker prefer spreading lies over facts when it comes to anything involving Trump and his affiliates?
In the battle of media versus accountability, Collins is not about to let herself be mischaracterized. Amid the cacophony of dire warnings of political intimidation emanating from The New Yorker, she stands ready to challenge anyone who dares to paint her or her colleagues with an unfair brush. After all, nothing exemplifies the true spirit of democracy like good ol’ fashioned fact-checking—something that appears to be sorely lacking at The New Yorker.
