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In an attempt to embarrass Trump they ruined their own reputation, now everyone will question everything they report on Trump.

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Originally posted by whozit:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-team-disputes-buzzfeed-report-
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In an attempt to embarrass Trump they ruined their own reputation, now everyone will question everything they report on Trump.

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I don't think they had much of a reputation with anyone except people who wanted to know what Game of Thrones character they were most like. We'll see - it seems pretty air tight that they jumped too soon, but there's still room for clarity. Not to mention: Cohen had nothing to gain for himself by lying to congress and only things to lose, so it makes no sense that he just did it on his own. He was pushed by someone.

Buzzfeed did release the Steele "dossier" which is still pretty bullet proof. If you don't think so let me know what's not right with cites.

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Originally posted by whozit:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-team-disputes-buzzfeed-report-
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In an attempt to embarrass Trump they ruined their own reputation, now everyone will question everything they report on Trump.

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I don't think they had much of a reputation with anyone except people who wanted to know what Game of Thrones character they were most like. We'll see - it seems pretty air tight that they jumped too soon, but there's still room for clarity. Not to mention: Cohen had nothing to gain for himself by lying to congress and only things to lose, so it makes no sense that he just did it on his own. He was pushed by someone.

Buzzfeed did release the Steele "dossier" which is still pretty bullet proof. If you don't think so let me know what's not right with cites. People like to demean it because of the "pee" reference, like the outrageousness of the act is somehow Steele's fault. Whatever, whether he did it or not if you are totally honest you know Trump totally would do that.

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Buzzfeed faking news is one thing, but when the M$M and Democrats in Congress run with it, that's something else. Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick.

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Other MSM outlets reported this story with glee,...

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the fact that Mueller's team had to come forward to say it's crap makes them all look bad.

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Now every time the MSM media comes out with another so called "bombshell", the average viewer is going to question it.

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I bet when Cohen goes before congress THAT will be yet another let down, we all know he paid off some women...and he's a rat.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've only seen BuzzFeed "News" cited here a few times over the years, and I don't recall them being cited for quite a while.

That is appreciated, and it doesn't look as though anybody here is very surprised they're full of shit.

I still cringe whenever I see a citation from Vox or MotherJones, but not nearly as hard as I do when I see BuzzFeed.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Did you read any of the links you posted? No? Just grab as many as you could in a short period of time and hope no one would notice. Typical Sig, typical Trump loving fraud.

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Buzzfeed faking news is one thing, but when the M$M and Democrats in Congress run with it, that's something else. Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick.

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Me personally, I think you're a common liar and a bit looney. Let's look at your "proof." None of them say it's true, in fact, they go out of their way to question it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/trump-directed-cohen-to-lie-to-congres
s-about-moscow-project-report.html
^ "NBC News has not independently confirmed the report, which was published Thursday night."

http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/11th-hour-with-brian-williams/2019-01
-17
^ "NBC News has not independently confirmed the report, which was published Thursday night."

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tower-moscow-deal-trump-told-mic
hael-cohen-to-lie-to-congress-2019-1
^ This one even includes Mueller's contradictory statement.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/democrats-say-report-that-trump-told
-cohen-to-lie-about-moscow-deal-if-true-could-prove-obstruction-2019-01-17
^ This one even says "if true" in the link" - you couldn't even be bothered to read that. But of course Truth and Accuracy are not what you're after. You're just here to agitate.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-18/buzzfeed-s-trump
-cohen-story-describes-clearly-impeachable-crimes
^ "If the BuzzFeed story reporting that Donald Trump, while president, ordered his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress is true..."

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-cohen-20190118-story.
html
^ "... alleges... if true" etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/buzzfeed-cohen-trump-tower.
html
^ "If the account holds up, it’s arguably the clearest evidence yet that Trump obstructed justice..."

https://www.vox.com/2019/1/18/18188125/trump-buzzfeed-mueller-cohen-ob
struction
^ "If the report is true, they said, then yes..."

So, wrong every single time - just more agitation and fake posting from the biggest liar on the forum, thanks SIGGY.

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Originally posted by whozit:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-team-disputes-buzzfeed-report-
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Me personally, I think you're a common liar and a bit looney. Let's look at your "proof." None of them say it's true, in fact, they go out of their way to question it. REAVERSHIT

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Me personally, I think you're a common liar and a bit looney. Let's look at your "proof." None of them say it's true, in fact, they go out of their way to question it. REAVERSHIT

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Then why did they "report" it if they couldn't confirm its validity? Where is all of that "fact checking" that they're supposed to be doing as "independent" journalists? They're just repeating gossip at that point.

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Because “I made these misstatements to be consistent with Individual 1’s political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual 1” Cohen said at his plea hearing late last year, using the term “Individual 1” to refer to Trump.

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Because “I made these misstatements to be consistent with Individual 1’s political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual 1” Cohen said at his plea hearing late last year, using the term “Individual 1” to refer to Trump.

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I MADE these misstatements ... OUT OF LOYALTY.

That does seem to indicate that his actions were self-directed and self-motivated.

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Originally posted by whozit:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-team-disputes-buzzfeed-report-
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In an attempt to embarrass Trump they ruined their own reputation, now everyone will question everything they report on Trump.

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If Cohen tells Congress, when he testifies in February, that Trump explicitly directed him to lie, there won’t be proof it happened.

The only way out of this mess is that, hypothetically, Cohen recorded Trump and the audio was not found by Mueller in the search of Cohen’s office, home, hotel room, wherever. If there was a recording, the Republicans in the Senate will never vote guilty in Trump’s trial. But there is probably no recording. And nothing real will come from this story:

“I made these misstatements to be consistent with Individual 1’s political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual 1,” Cohen said at his plea hearing late last year, using the term “Individual 1” to refer to Trump.

Cohen had not said during the hearing that Trump had explicitly directed him to lie.

Cohen has not addressed BuzzFeed’s reporting, and BuzzFeed has made clear he was not a source for its story. Lanny J. Davis, a legal and communications adviser to Cohen, said before the special counsel statement was issued, “Out of respect for Mr. Mueller’s and the Office of Special Counsel’s investigation, Mr. Cohen declined to respond to the questions asked by the reporters and so do I.” He declined to address it after the special counsel’s office released the statement.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-mueller-team
s-decision-to-dispute-buzzfeeds-explosive-story-on-trump-and-cohen/2019/01/19/d89dba5b-fa0f-445b-9fd3-72f0e911e28d_story.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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I think Cohen is going to be a total let down

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The only thing we don't know is where is the audio recording where Trump makes that explicit to Cohen?

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The only thing we don't know is where is the audio recording where Trump makes that explicit to Cohen?

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Maybe nowhere. IF there was a recording and Cohen knew about it (because he made it) and Mueller had it, don't you think that Cohen would have re-framed his testimony to say that he was directed by Trump, especially since there is irrefutable evidence? Wouldn't that have gotten him a lighter sentence? Because isn't that how Mueller works: Intimidating the underlings to turn on their bosses in exchange for a better plea deal?

I think you're just making baseless assumptions at this point. Like a lot of people on the board, you confuse accusation with evidence.

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The only thing we don't know is where is the audio recording where Trump makes that explicit to Cohen?

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There will be no audio recording of Trump reminding Cohen to lie to Congress or else be fired.

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We’re getting new submissions every 30 seconds. Every member of the media who defamed, slandered, and doxxed the CovingtonBoys on Twitter will be served.

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SECOND, like most people with Trump Derangement Syndrome, you have snakes in your head. Your accusations and suppositions twist and turn and double-back on themselves, crossing paths and even colliding head-on, in order to justify your every whine and bitch. How else can you explain posting these two directly contradictory posts within just a few hours of each other? Is your memory that bad? Or are you just deeply warped?

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There will be no audio recording of Trump reminding Cohen to lie to Congress or else be fired.

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This is a good example why I not only don't take you seriously anymore, I ignore almost everything you post: You're full of shit.


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Then why did they "report" it if they couldn't confirm its validity? Where is all of that "fact checking" that they're supposed to be doing as "independent" journalists? They're just repeating gossip at that point.

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Then why did they "report" it if they couldn't confirm its validity? Where is all of that "fact checking" that they're supposed to be doing as "independent" journalists? They're just repeating gossip at that point.

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Bigger question: Why did you cite 8 different news sources and say they reported it as fact when they didn't?

Another question: Are you so naive to not understand that validating someone else's report takes time?

Another question: You do realize that you just got busted for making sh*t up again, right?

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Hey! I heard that REAVERSHIT IS A BOT AND GSTRING IS A PAID TROLL! THAT"S WHAT A LAWYER INVOLVED IN THEIR LIBEL SAID!

I haven't been able to confirm that, but I just thought I'd pass that gossip along as a front-page headline to get your eyeballs, knowing that you probably wouldn't wade into the article, and save my caveats for later!

*****

And THAT'S exactly how the "Steele Dossier" was spread around, too... Origianlly "reported" by Buzzfeed, it turned out to have been paid for by the Hillary campaign, none of the salacious content was ever verified, and even the DOJ suspected its content.

This is the "free" and "independent" media behaving exactly the way that GSTRING says that they do (grab your eyeballs for money and politics) and doing exactly what they're NOT supposed to do, which is spreading rumors and lies: AKA FAKE NEWS.

But you have to wonder- or at least I do: WHY DOES THEIR FAKE NEWS ALWAYS LEAN IN ONE DIRECTION?

Could it be that the M$M is BIASED???
At times like this, the M$M still makes me think of this

The M$M: flinging poop everywhere.

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Serious question: Why did you cite 8 different news sources and say they reported it as fact when they didn't?-GSTRING

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But if you can manage to accurately quote what I posted, then we can get around to discussing it.

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But if you can manage to accurately quote what I posted, then we can get around to discussing it.- SIGNY

That's a lie - I literally quoted you. ^ Go look.- GSTRING

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But if you can manage to accurately quote what I posted, then we can get around to discussing it.- SIGNY

That's a lie - I literally quoted you. ^ Go look.- GSTRING

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Uh huh. If you did, then prove it: QUOTE ME where I posted that they reported AS FACT.

Or do an alt+E+F (find on this page) and look for the "as fact" phrase. It only occurs in YOUR POSTS.

IF you can actually manage to tell the truth and accurately quote what I posted, then we can discuss is. So far, you've failed. But hey, QUOTE ME and we can discuss.

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Buzzfeed faking news is one thing, but when the M$M and Democrats in Congress run with it, that's something else. Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick.

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Then why did they "report" it if they couldn't confirm its validity? Where is all of that "fact checking" that they're supposed to be doing as "independent" journalists? They're just repeating gossip at that point.

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THIS is what I posted

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Buzzfeed faking news is one thing, but when the M$M and Democrats in Congress run with it, that's something else. Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick.

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THIS is what I posted

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Buzzfeed faking news is one thing, but when the M$M and Democrats in Congress run with it, that's something else. Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick.

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THAT is what I quoted, df.

So, to the bigger question of your intent in posting:

"Let's try and crack this nut from a different angle - why did you post those 8 links? Did you post it to show that the MSM had acted professionally by saying they hadn't verified the Buzzfeed content yet? Did you simply beat me to it? Why didn't you just say, "I just said that!" Stranger still, if that was your intent, then why would you characterize their professionalism by saying it's, "Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick."

You posted those links why?

Methinks you are lying by avoiding answering that simple question.

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So, to the bigger question of your intent in posting:

"Let's try and crack this nut from a different angle - why did you post those 8 links? Did you post it to show that the MSM had acted professionally by saying they hadn't verified the Buzzfeed content yet? Did you simply beat me to it? Why didn't you just say, "I just said that!" Stranger still, if that was your intent, then why would you characterize their professionalism by saying it's, "Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick."

You posted those links why?

Methinks you are lying by avoiding answering that simple question.=GSTRING

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Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress. TRANSCRIPT: 1/17/19, The 11th Hour w/ Brian Williams

BuzzFeed's Trump-Cohen Story Describes Clearly Impeachable Crimes

A bombshell report says Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal

BuzzFeed’s Controversial Cohen Story Raises Question: Did Trump Want to Be President?

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Trump told his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Russia Trump Tower deal, BuzzFeed report says

Democrats say report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow deal, if true, could prove obstruction

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So, to the bigger question of your intent in posting:

"Let's try and crack this nut from a different angle - why did you post those 8 links? Did you post it to show that the MSM had acted professionally by saying they hadn't verified the Buzzfeed content yet? Did you simply beat me to it? Why didn't you just say, "I just said that!" Stranger still, if that was your intent, then why would you characterize their professionalism by saying it's, "Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick."

You posted those links why?

Methinks you are lying by avoiding answering that simple question.=GSTRING

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I already answered that question in my original post, and again in my subsequent post, and again in my post after that. So let me try to explain as clearly as possible:

Of ALL of the "news" out there, the M$M picks and chooses which pieces to "run with" and which to spike (an old editor's term which means "put on the "reject" spike). In 2017, how many M$M stories were posted/written about starvation in Yemen? I heard that it was zero. How many stories written about Stormy Daniels? Whatever the number, it was far too many.

So, why "run with" this item at all? The headlines almost all present this as a fait accompli ...

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Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress. TRANSCRIPT: 1/17/19, The 11th Hour w/ Brian Williams

BuzzFeed's Trump-Cohen Story Describes Clearly Impeachable Crimes

A bombshell report says Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal

BuzzFeed’s Controversial Cohen Story Raises Question: Did Trump Want to Be President?

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A few attempt to wash their hands of the story - even as they post it - by saying "Buzzfeed said it"

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Trump told his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Russia Trump Tower deal, BuzzFeed report says

Democrats say report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow deal, if true, could prove obstruction

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DESPITE the fact that they couldn't independently verify the content, they splashed it pretty much everywhere. Then they saved their caveats and doubts for halfway down page. The M$M knows that most people don't even get that far: They scan the headlines, maybe read the first paragraph, and get their "news" that way.

But here is my question: Why even put this item "out there"? It's not news, it hasn't gone thru the vetting process, it's -literally- just repeating gossip. We, AND THE M$M, would have been better off without this item at all.

I think I know what you're going to say, GSTRING: That's the news business. They're afraid of getting scooped. They need eyeballs. I just don't "understand" how media works. It's clickbait.

But by saying that, don't you realize that you've discredited all of the so-called news outlets that you yourself have vaunted as a "free press? You've reduced them to gossip rags and entertainment - no better than the grocery-store checkout magazines with stories about UFOs and mink coats coming to life and eating their owner.

And this is EXACTLY - and I mean EXACTLY- how the so-called Steel dossier gained traction: IT was "reported" by Buzzfeed and subsequently "reported" by news outlets everywhere, and despite that fact that its salacious content has NOT EVER been verified, PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.

This isn't news, it's not reporting, it's mass manipulation. In other words: FAKE NEWS.

*****

Now I have a question for YOU, which you have not answered: Why are all of these stories anti-Trump? If all the M$M was trying to do was grab eyeballs, why don't the stories swing both ways, at least SOME of the time? I mean, if you're going to post fake news, may as well fake in the other direction once in a while, right?

TRUMP HALTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, BUZZFEED SAYS.
TARIFFS OFFSET TAX CUTS, BUZZFEED REPORTS.
TRUMP RAISES CHILD FROM DEAD, BUZZFEED POSTS.
ECONOMY AT ALL-TIME HIGH THANKS TO TRUMP, BUZZFEED CALCULATES.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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So, to the bigger question of your intent in posting:

"Let's try and crack this nut from a different angle - why did you post those 8 links? Did you post it to show that the MSM had acted professionally by saying they hadn't verified the Buzzfeed content yet? Did you simply beat me to it? Why didn't you just say, "I just said that!" Stranger still, if that was your intent, then why would you characterize their professionalism by saying it's, "Conspiracy or lunacy, not sure which, but take your pick."

You posted those links why?

Methinks you are lying by avoiding answering that simple question.=GSTRING

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I already answered that question in my original post, and again in my subsequent post, and again in my post after that. So let me try to explain as clearly as possible:

Of ALL of the "news" out there, the M$M picks and chooses which pieces to "run with" and which to spike (an old editor's term which means "put on the "reject" spike). In 2017, how many M$M stories were posted/written about starvation in Yemen? I heard that it was zero. How many stories written about Stormy Daniels? Whatever the number, it was far too many.

So, why "run with" this item at all? The headlines almost all present this as a fait accompli ...

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Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress. TRANSCRIPT: 1/17/19, The 11th Hour w/ Brian Williams

BuzzFeed's Trump-Cohen Story Describes Clearly Impeachable Crimes

A bombshell report says Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal

BuzzFeed’s Controversial Cohen Story Raises Question: Did Trump Want to Be President?

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Trump told his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Russia Trump Tower deal, BuzzFeed report says

Democrats say report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow deal, if true, could prove obstruction

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DESPITE the fact that they couldn't independently verify the content, they splashed it pretty much everywhere. Then they saved their caveats and doubts for halfway down page. The M$M knows that most people don't even get that far: They scan the headlines, maybe read the first paragraph, and get their "news" that way.

But here is my question: Why even put this item "out there"? It's not news, it hasn't gone thru the vetting process, it's -literally- just repeating gossip. We, AND THE M$M, would have been better off without this item at all.

I think I know what you're going to say, GSTRING: That's the news business. They're afraid of getting scooped. They need eyeballs. I just don't "understand" how media works. It's clickbait.

But by saying that, don't you realize that you've discredited all of the so-called news outlets that you yourself have vaunted as a "free press? You've reduced them to gossip rags and entertainment - no better than the grocery-store checkout magazines with stories about UFOs and mink coats coming to life and eating their owner.

And this is EXACTLY - and I mean EXACTLY- how the so-called Steel dossier gained traction: IT was "reported" by Buzzfeed and subsequently "reported" by news outlets everywhere, and despite that fact that its salacious content has NOT EVER been verified, PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.

This isn't news, it's not reporting, it's mass manipulation. In other words: FAKE NEWS.

*****

Now I have a question for YOU, which you have not answered: Why are all of these stories anti-Trump? If all the M$M was trying to do was grab eyeballs, why don't the stories swing both ways, at least SOME of the time? I mean, if you're going to post fake news, may as well fake in the other direction once in a while, right?

TRUMP HALTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, BUZZFEED SAYS.
TARIFFS OFFSET TAX CUTS, BUZZFEED REPORTS.
TRUMP RAISES CHILD FROM DEAD, BUZZFEED POSTS.
ECONOMY AT ALL-TIME HIGH THANKS TO TRUMP, BUZZFEED CALCULATES.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Credibility destroyed. ^

And the funny part is you did to yourself!

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BuzzFeed News stands by report despite Mueller pushback
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buzzfeed-news-stands-by-report
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So, there's that.

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BuzzFeed News stands by report despite Mueller pushback
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buzzfeed-news-stands-by-report
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So, there's that.

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Of ALL of the "news" out there, the M$M picks and chooses which pieces to "run with" and which to spike (an old editor's term which means "put on the "reject" spike). In 2017, how many M$M stories were posted/written about starvation in Yemen? I heard that it was zero. How many stories written about Stormy Daniels? Whatever the number, it was far too many.

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DESPITE the fact that they couldn't independently verify the content...

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...they splashed it pretty much everywhere. Then they saved their caveats and doubts for halfway down page. The M$M knows that most people don't even get that far: They scan the headlines, maybe read the first paragraph, and get their "news" that way.

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But here is my question: Why even put this item "out there"? It's not news, it hasn't gone thru the vetting process, it's -literally- just repeating gossip.

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I think I know what you're going to say, GSTRING: That's the news business. They're afraid of getting scooped. They need eyeballs. I just don't "understand" how media works. It's clickbait.

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But by saying that, don't you realize that you've discredited all of the so-called news outlets that you yourself have vaunted as a "free press? You've reduced them to gossip rags and entertainment - no better than the grocery-store checkout magazines with stories about UFOs and mink coats coming to life and eating their owner.

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And this is EXACTLY - and I mean EXACTLY- how the so-called Steel dossier gained traction: IT was "reported" by Buzzfeed and subsequently "reported" by news outlets everywhere, and despite that fact that its salacious content has NOT EVER been verified, PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.

This isn't news, it's not reporting, it's mass manipulation. In other words: FAKE NEWS.

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