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Wall Street Journal editor defends paper amid liberal backlash for urging Jill Biden to ditch ‘doctor’ title
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R.J. Lehmann
Dec 16, 2020
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Meanwhile, Washington Examiner columnist Tim Carney unearthed a 2015 study that provided a key example of the media’s hypocrisy on the subject. R Street, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization, reported that Jill Biden was “more than three times more likely to be called ‘Dr.’ by The New York Times” than Dr. Ben Carson, who was the leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the time.
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