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This administration, just like its predecessors, wants people to look the other way, so it can downplay the story in the media and give implausible explanations for why a top level spy who provided nuclear munitions information to a hostile country should be fired from his job instead of being brought to trial!
Schippers' presentation will be countered Monday by Democratic investigator Abbe Lowell, who will downplay the gravity of Clinton's offense.
No wonder, says the paper, that the union tends to downplay the pension debate, saying instead that it's the company's heavy use of part-time workers that is really the core issue.
But a glance back at the Nixon Library's Web site reminds Chatterbox that for the Nixon Library, the fundraising (hence the need to downplay controversy) never stops.
The increasingly sad straits of those at or near the bottom of the economy is not the only report topic that the Post chooses to downplay.