FAKE NEWS EXPOSED: A Service of PoliticalChat.com

[finnbow]

The report was given to McCain who gave it to the FBI (who he said he thought had it already as many others did (it wasn't government-classified material.)) The intelligence community thought the report was important enough to be a part of briefings to Obama and Trump. These facts alone make it newsworthy, whether it's contents have been fully verified or not.

Any discomfort Trump has experienced by virtue of its release is fully deserved, given his history with birtherism and the spreading of gobs of ridiculous, provocative fake news (much of which formed the genesis and subsequent foundation of his campaign). You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The report was given to McCain who gave it to the FBI (who he said he thought had it already as many others did (it wasn't government-classified material.)) The intelligence community thought the report was important enough to be a part of briefings to Obama and Trump. These facts alone make it newsworthy, whether it's contents have been fully verified or not.

Any discomfort Trump has experienced by virtue of its release is fully deserved, given his history with birtherism and the spreading of gobs of ridiculous, provocative fake news (much of which formed the genesis and subsequent foundation of his campaign). You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

Well, there's a post brimming with logic and profundity. So to summarize, you think it was perfectly appropriate for CNN to sacrifice their journalistic ethics - whatever shred they had left - just to spite Trump. You think its just fine for a major news outlet to run with with an unsubstantiated, salacious story if you think the subject of the "deserves it".

Just brilliant.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Well, there's a post brimming with logic and profundity. So to summarize, you think it was perfectly appropriate for CNN to sacrifice their journalistic ethics - whatever shred they had left - just to spite Trump. You think its just fine for a major news outlet to run with with an unsubstantiated, salacious story if you think the subject of the "deserves it".

Just brilliant.

CNN never published the contents of the salacious report. They just wrote about it being released by BuzzFeed and provided context to the release. The journalistic ethics are indeed debatable, as was the media printing the material stolen by Russia and released by Wikileaks (with Trump cheerleading the effort) . Trump being a Putin tool is less so. Perhaps releasing his tax returns would help clarify things, as might a FBI investigation of the Trump campaign's coordination with Mother Russia. This story is far from over.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

CNN never published the contents of the salacious report. They just wrote about it being released by BuzzFeed and provided context to the release. The journalistic ethics are indeed debatable, as was the media printing the material stolen by Russia and released by Wikileaks (with Trump cheerleading the effort) . Trump being a Putin tool is less so. Perhaps releasing his tax returns would help clarify things, as might a FBI investigation of the Trump campaign's coordination with Mother Russia. This story is far from over.

For someone who swears up and down they're not a Dem, you certainly find a way time and again to spout Dem talking points. There will be no "FBI investigation" into "coordination with Russia" because there's no evidence for the FBI to pursue, unless Harry Reid's oral diarrhea is treated as evidence. Zip. Zero. Nada.

....unless of course McCain delivers more made-up BS to Comey.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

For someone who swears up and down they're not a Dem, you certainly find a way time and again to spout Dem talking points. There will be no "FBI investigation" into "coordination with Russia" because there's no evidence for the FBI to pursue, unless Harry Reid's oral diarrhea is treated as evidence. Zip. Zero. Nada.

....unless of course McCain delivers more made-up BS to Comey.

Your Politifact link does not, in any way, say that there is no evidence of Trump campaign coordination with Russia. In fact, it points out several specific instances of Trump campaign and Russian officials maintaining that some degree of coordination occurred.

Indeed, it appears that the "FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (FISA) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ussia-contacts

While you may find Trump to be credible and honest, I don't. Unless and until he releases his tax returns, I choose to believe that he is thereby hiding something, possibly financial ties to Russia (that his own son bragged about). If Trump can demand Obama's birth certificate, the nation should demand his tax returns.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

For someone who swears up and down they're not a Dem, you certainly find a way time and again to spout Dem talking points. There will be no "FBI investigation" into "coordination with Russia" because there's no evidence for the FBI to pursue, unless Harry Reid's oral diarrhea is treated as evidence. Zip. Zero. Nada.

....unless of course McCain delivers more made-up BS to Comey.

You're down to ranting and sputtering.

Tell us again how you don't defend Donald Trump.

[MrPots]

Any scandal, any corruption regarding Trump will be labelled "fake news". And his sheep will eat it up. These the same idiots that think Obama is a Muslim.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Any scandal, any corruption regarding Trump will be labelled "fake news".

And why not...the news outlets are horrible.

Even NPR sounds like CNN.

[donquixote99]

“Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”

DT Jr.

[MrPots]

But there was certainly lots of evidence that Obama was a Muslim and not a US citizen right? enough for 50 or 60 investigations at taxpayers expense. And how many Benghazi and e-mail investigations were there that turned up nothing?

What self serving putzes you republicans are.