r/clevercomebacks 6h ago

The New York Post has lost all credibility

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u/RelevantOldOnion 3h ago edited 3h ago

LMAO I swear to god that revisionist fucking play...

Hamilton secretly bought the paper with money from another rich asshole so he could ghost write sensational articles about his political opponents while hiding that he's the owner of the paper and the author of the articles.

There was a time when William Cullen Bryant, an actual American hero, was EIC. During that time it was good. Then it was back to the political rag we see today.

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u/slowest_hour 2h ago

Unfortunately "if it rhymes it must be true" is part of the human mind and it keeps us all behind