re: Breaking news on Fusion hearing today

quote:

---

Also, none of my statements are in defense of Trump. You implied that the dossier was news worthy even-though it is bullshite and had not been verified by anyone. You also implied that the discussion of bullshite had no negative impact on Trump.

I obviously have a differing opinion.

---

My starting position is that I remember CNN "reluctantly" releasing the dossier's content. You can call that reluctance theater, and I might agree. I do not recall considerable energy devoted by CNN (or anyone else) toward convincing the American people that the content should be deemed credible. The one partial exception to that would be the meetings, which media outlets sought to verify/debunk.

I respect the position, as stated previously, that the dossier wasn't newsworthy. But I disagree, particularly with the benefit of hindsight. If the end here is to point out media hypocrisy, then we're at least partially aligned. My argument is that the dossier is regularly used to support that position (media hypocrisy) in a way that I do not find to be very truthful.

I think it does no good to gloss over the truth or exaggerate when trying to point out similar flaws in the media, and that is what I'm contesting in threads like these. It's not a defense of the media, it's my small rebellion against knee jerk reactions, false dichotomies, etc.