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Jarqui

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1. Why is that deceitful jackass on any program concerned with 'news'?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:23 PM

15 hrs ago

As many here would know:

SNOPES: Trump adviser Peter Navarro and 'economics expert Ron Vara' are same person, NYT reported in 2019
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/09/peter-navarro-pseudonym-ron-vara/

Maddow made a bold claim: Peter Navarro, a Trump economic adviser known for supporting anti-China and pro-tariff policies, had repeatedly cited an expert who did not exist to justify his positions. The allegedly fictional expert's name was "Ron Vara" — an anagram of "Navarro." According to the Maddow segment, Navarro used the Ron Vara pseudonym as a source in several of his books, and published a pro-tariff memo under the name.

He used a fictitious person as an expert to support his tariff articles.

Again, why would any self respecting journalist give him 5 seconds of air time?

Another sign that journalism is dying rapidly in America

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Why is that deceitful jackass on any program concerned with 'news'? Jarqui 15 hrs ago #1