It's literally a Joe McCarthy trick that was passed down to him by Roy Cohn.

Even stories that seem damaging to him. And he does it now when he wants to rotate the media narrative. Supposedly Haberman has been his main mouthpiece for this since he came to office, even calling her directly sometimes.

I don't know if I'd blame her for it. She gets big stories, corroborates them, writes them up and doesn't reveal her source. That much is what a reporter is supposed to do.

But whenever we get one of these bombshell reports from Haberman, I always pause and ask myself if it's actually as important as the story it's gonna supplant in the media narrative.