Opinion | The ‘Imminent’ Distraction

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Opinion | The ‘Imminent’ Distraction
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Journalism is supposed to make events clearer, but too often in Washington it obfuscates. Witness the obsession on the Sunday TV news shows over whether the threat from Qasem Soleimani was “imminent.”

On “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd highlighted or asked about the “imminent” point no fewer than seven times, four times with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Mr. Todd: “So was the justification in that he’s been this destabilizing force in the region for so long? Or was the justification this imminent threat?”

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