re: December NY Times Article: Obama gave Trump blueprint how to crack down on press

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They reported the story that was unfolding at the time with the president. I mean any potential scandal involving any president will be largely publicized in the media. That's just how it goes. I believe most said it was alleged in a dossier which was true.

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It was untrue and fake news. CNN, NBC, Buzzfeed, and WaPo caught major flak for reporting something with zero evidence that couldn't be proven the days following. If something is total bullshite and unverified, you don't report on it. It was a buzzfeed article that CNN originally propped, then tried to save face shortly following it's debunk.

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But CNN declined to include the specific allegations contained in the dossier — such as collusion between Mr. Trump’s team and Russian operatives — saying that its journalists could not independently verify them.

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You don't report such claims if they're completely unvarified with no significance, especially something as appalling as this. It's an embarrassment to their credibility and integrity. Many false allegations go un reported because of such repercussions.


We all know that it sounded completely true to begin with, huh?

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Yeah that didn't happen. The press didn't hand out flags.

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No the same a-hole who has already been caught on tape bragging about inciting violence at Trump rallies did.

What kind of piece of shite even thinks of such an idea?

nice to know after his public shaming that it was so tough for him to find another job in the democrat party/radical left apparatus

Oh please please please keep trying to defend this shite.

What kind of fricking moron would believe that there would be any Trump supporters outside of maybe a handful of Russian expats who would wave a fricking Russian flag at a gathering of US conservatives? If the fricking press had any interest in doing their jobs they would go up to the people and ask "Why are you waving that?" Then once they were told they would look for the source of the flags and get to the real story.

Instead they went for the quick gotcha because they too are left wing hacks and they so wanted the story of organic Russian flag waving to be true.