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Monday, May 22, 2017

TOP NEWSPAPERS RUNNING STORIES BASED ON SOURCES THEY ADMITTEDLY CAN’T VERIFY

The common element in nearly all the major New York Times and Washington Post stories about President Donald Trump this week is that they are based on source documents the outlets cannot authenticate, do not possess, admit are partial, and refuse to share.

Friday’s supposed “bombshell” stories follow the same pattern. The Times reports that Trump told the visiting Russians that former FBI director James Comey was a “nut job,” and that firing him had eased “pressure” in his ability to conduct foreign policy — though the Times takes Trump to mean the legal pressure of the investigation. (That spin makes no sense: firing Comey created more pressure, which was so obvious the Russians joked about it.)

The Times describes its source as “a document summarizing the meeting” that was “circulated” (it does not say by whom). The Times does not have the document. An “American official” simply “read quotations” to the Times.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Surprise surprise? Note. The media has become the enemy state within our country and they don't print truth but propaganda. People need to wake up and read the propaganda on the wall. Their negativity towards Trump is epic proportions you'd think he was the anti-christ, Hitler and Hades incarnate all wrapped up into one big ball of hot mess. Fake News is all the rage nowadays and you guys on the Left eat it up like frosties on a hot summer day.

Why do they do this? Because they think YOU are gullible enough to buy it. Did you know gullible isn't in the dictionary? That's what I thought.

Anonymous said...

Sad we can't depend on our media anymore even in times of crisis. We are on our own like the old days before radios. Would not be a bad thing to invest in a good hand-held two way radio with all the nonsense going on. Never know when an emergency will warrant a necessity to communicate with your neighbors and others to gain information. The days of the old hand-helds may be back again.

Anonymous said...

They all want to be first instead of being right. That is what has changed.