Corrupt the News Network
There is apparently no story that attempts to harm the Trump presidency that the media will not disseminate, however nutty, and however much they try to act as though they are doing something “honorable” by noting that, while they’ve not verified it, “the story is out there” and they feel an “obligation to inform “the public” and allow it to “draw its own conclusions”. These excerpts are from an analysis by Jim Geraghty of National Review. There is additional compelling stuff in his full commentary. We have set forth links to some other articles we found instructive after the excerpts below. DLH
Why You Should Doubt that Salacious Trump Espionage Memo
It’s looking more and more implausible by the hour, but go ahead, read the 35-page memo posted by BuzzFeed detailing a scenario where Vladimir Putin and the Russian government developed Donald Trump as an ally and an asset, gathered salacious compromising information about him, used him to collect information on Russian émigrés, and colluded with him and his campaign to defeat Hillary Clinton.
Shortly after it was posted, Jonah Goldberg pointed out that the details that made the narrative so compelling are the sorts of ones that could and should be corroborated… before publication.
Buzzfeed’s decision to publish the report is going to be second-guessed by a lot of people and may bring legal action. There are a lot of facts that could have been corroborated before publication. 5b) If Trump can disprove some/any of the specific allegations in the report, it will likely do more to inoculate him than cripple him.
David French pointed out that BuzzFeed is dodging when they say they want Americans to make up their own minds about the veracity of the claims.
How can “Americans make up their own minds” when they have no ability to fact-check the allegations? The public knows nothing about the sources, nothing about the underlying claims, and has no means of discovering the truth. Buzzfeed admits that “there is serious reason to doubt the allegations.” It’s been using its journalistic resources trying to verify the claims for “weeks” and hasn’t been able to. But “Americans” can somehow do what Buzzfeed can’t? This isn’t transparency; it’s malice.
Last night, in response to one of the memo’s claims, Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen denied that he had ever been to Prague and posted a photo of his passport.
Elaina Plott confirms: “Two USC baseball sources confirm for me that Michael Cohen and his son visited campus on August 29th, time report places him in Prague.”
Wait, there’s more, from the Wall Street Journal: “The FBI has found no evidence that he traveled to the Czech Republic, where the meeting allegedly took place in August of last year, officials said.”
So one major detail in the memo is already proven false: a claim of Cohen secretly meeting with Kremlin officials in Prague in August. If that part is made up, there’s no reason to put more faith in the other allegations. . . .
Collection via Drudge:
DEMENTED MCCAIN TURNS DIRTY…
Dossier Financed By Rival Campaigns, SuperPACs?
MEDIA AND CIA FALL FOR ‘GOLDEN SHOWER’ HOAX…
SPOOKS GET TROLLED!
SPY AGENCIES EXPOSED…
Russian tech expert named in report never contacted by US intel…
GREENWALD: ‘Deep State’ Sabotage…
EXACT REVENGE ON PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING…
SCHUMER WARNED…
Russia slams ‘nonsense’ claims about perverted hooker romp…
Pulp Fiction…
Multiple reliable sources who wish to remain anonymous have revealed the identities of the two youths who are responsible for the “golden shower” allegation. They go by the nicknames of Beavis and Butthead. The four intelligence chiefs have strenuously denied this source. They have also denied that they have received job offers from Ringling Brothers.