CNN’s Russia bullsh*t starts to unravel

Thing1 said:
"Fake news" may be one of those permanent scars we get from the Trump admin. I don't think he & his supporters understand the damage they're doing right now by labeling everything that way & completely discrediting the media.
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oh yes they do understand it


its their mission
 
anatta said:
First CNN lost three key staff members after it published, and then pulled, a smear piece on a Trump associate. Then the channel suffered the ignominy of an insider betraying the motives behind its obsession with everything Russian.

This week, America's original rolling news outlet finally received some payback for its obnoxious anti-Russia hysteria. A loathsome, nasty, rotten, sleazy and sordid campaign that has frequently bordered on the racist.

Even better, thanks to the unwitting testimony of a senior producer at the network, we purportedly know the channel’s agenda. Apparently, it’s not political conviction nor the search for truth or anything remotely ethical. No, this has nothing to do with principles, righteousness or the search for the whole story. Instead, it’s about one thing: ratings. Because, in the world of commercial cable news, viewing figures ultimately convert to dollars. Meaning this delirious mania has been about one thing and one thing only: filthy lucre. And lots of it.

On Tuesday, the team at Project Veritas - a right-wing, pro-Donald Trump media observatory - published a sting video showing CNN staffer John Bonifield making a series of admissions. The producer was loose-tongued and evidently miffed at how the network’s president, Jeff Zucker, had canned his pieces to focus on Russia.
Caught unaware

“It’s mostly bullsh*t right now (the notion of Trump-Russia collusion). Like, we don’t have any big giant proof,” Bonifield revealed to the reporter secretly filming him.

Bonifield later explains how wedded CNN has become to its “Red Scare” madness. He describes a meeting in which editors were allegedly instructed by their chief to trade global warming coverage for more Russia derangement.

“The CEO of CNN said in our internal meeting, he said, good job everybody covering the climate accords. But we’re done with it. Let’s get back to Russia." By the way, on Tuesday evening, these tapes were confirmed as legitimate by his employer.

With this is mind, let’s be clear about CNN. We are referring to a network which employs a full-time 'Russia expert' who has, by all accounts, never been to Russia. Not only that, he can't speak the language. But he's brought on air, all the time, pontificating upon a subject he simply doesn't understand, at the expense of bona fide scholars who have devoted years, if not decades, to getting a handle on the issue.

That’s because CNN likes it this way. You see, the channel has no interest in covering Russia fairly. So, having a one-note show pony on hand to trot out the party line is sufficient, despite its ostensible fealty to fairness. Of course, this flies in the face of its published mission statement to “consider a range of varying perspectives and treat controversial subjects, as well as all other subjects, with impartiality.” Because when it comes to this country, there are only two viewpoints permitted. Either Russia is villainous, or Russia is wicked. And forget about hearing from mister in-between - because he's absent from the game.
Brains trust

And this is why someone like the ridiculous Louise Mensch can get a slot on CNN, but countless genuine Russia hands will never grace its studios. It also explains how the aforementioned 'expert,' Michael Weiss, can dupe millions of viewers into believing he has authentic sources in a country he’s seemingly never even visited. One where suspicion of strangers is practically a national sport.

Weiss is employed by the company’s “investigation unit.” His appointment was announced in mid-April by Lex Harris, its then executive editor, who boasted how “Michael will be 100% CNN.” As of now, Harris himself is 0% CNN, because he’s fallen on his sword after the channel’s first calamity of the past week.

On Thursday last, the network’s website posted a story about a supposed investigation into a meeting between a Trump associate and the head of a Russian investment fund. While in normal circumstances, there shouldn't be anything particularly wrong with such an exchange, the toxic atmosphere CNN has helped engender makes many of these encounters taboo.

he piece was an attempted defamation of Anthony Scaramucci, a member of the US president’s transition team. By Friday night, it was pulled. Resignations followed. Those of the withdrawn yarn’s author, Thomas Frank, plus Eric Lichtblau, an assistant managing editor in CNN’s Washington bureau, and Harris.

Nevertheless, it feels like CNN only backtracked this time because a prominent American, with powerful friends, was slighted. Because, on air, the Russia sh*tshow continues. With never-ending vitriol directed at both the country and Trump and plenty of innuendo about ties between the two subjects, for which no actual evidence of collusion exists.

While three of the crew have exited the stage, plenty of other jokers continue to peacock, with their feathers unruffled. The slurs, insinuations, and aspersions are unabated. “Russia, Russia, Russia,” might be the mantra but the only sound editors seem to hear is “ching-ching.” As the coffers continue to runneth over in the present tense. Which is all CNN cares seems to care about, and to hell with the long-term damage to the brand. Which may prove irreversible.

Something confirmed by CNN's press office. Which informed Trump on Tuesday: "CNN just posted it's most-watched second quarter in history. Those are the facts." A wonderful mixture of appalling grammar (it's?) and chutzpah, which also lets the truth slip. Because CNN only cares about one thing. Numbers. And ethics, decency, integrity and the truth can go take a hike.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/394394-cnn-russia-media-unravel/
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You are citing RT?


Do the words "Useful Idiot" ring a bell?
 
domer76 said:
"Fake news"
"Hummmmmmm"
"Fake news"
"Hummmmmmm"
"Fake news"
"Hummmmmmm"

Feel the rhythm of that mantra? It put your brain asleep.
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meh. you guys deny it - this shows it along with Comey's testimony. I'm wide awake. you are sleepwalking thru reality because of Trump Derangement Syndrome

Comey rips media for 'dead wrong' Russia stories
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/336960-comey-rips-media-for-dead-wrong-russia-stories
Former FBI Director James Comey repeatedly warned Thursday that news reports based on leaks of classified information pertaining to the Russia investigation have been consistently wrong.

In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Community, Comey said stories about Russia that are based on classified leaks have been a persistent problem for the FBI because news organizations have often received bad information.

“There have been many, many stories based on — well, lots of stuff, but about Russia that are dead wrong,” Comey said.
 
anatta said:
Comey confirmed the many fake news publications. CNN are blatant liars, but WaPo is just as guilty with their un-named sources. NYTimes use "advocacy journalism" WTF is that?
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Comey blew the lid off their lies. He even admitted to leaking himself. Now the MSM is chimping out bigly.
 
anatta said:
ya/ that's about where we are. There are a lot of head hunters hired by Meuller so I'm not dismissing anything.
But failure to disclose is hardly the same as "collusion".

The OP is showing the hysteria ginned up by CNN is basically fake news.
It's repulsive,and it drives much of the Russian hysteria that drives our new Cold War 2.0. Which doesn't help anyone
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Mueller and the head hunters may come up with something but I doubt it involves Trump. I think the glaring conflict of interest between Mueller and Comey was a subtle signal by Mueller that he isn't going after Trump on obstruction. So as you say, that leaves Flynn and co. And it leaves a counter intelligence investigation on Russia.

Now, Mueller can impress me and snoop around the leaking of unmasked individuals by people in the prior administration. He certainly hired enough lawyers to do that and there's actually a 'there, there'.

But it's probably too much to hope for.
 
An American free press station fires reporters for getting their story wrong


russian bots go on line pretending to be Americans and praise Russian Times and trash the free American press for acting on principle


no one is fooled by the russobots cock sucking
 
evince said:
An American free press station fires reporters for getting their story wrong


russian bots go on line pretending to be Americans and praise Russian Times and trash the free American press for acting on principle


no one is fooled by the russobots cock sucking
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The free press didn't fire them for printing a lie. It fired them for getting caught in a lie. There was no Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials.
 
anatta said:
meh. you guys deny it - this shows it along with Comey's testimony. I'm wide awake. you are sleepwalking thru reality because of Trump Derangement Syndrome

Comey rips media for 'dead wrong' Russia stories
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/336960-comey-rips-media-for-dead-wrong-russia-stories
Former FBI Director James Comey repeatedly warned Thursday that news reports based on leaks of classified information pertaining to the Russia investigation have been consistently wrong.

In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Community, Comey said stories about Russia that are based on classified leaks have been a persistent problem for the FBI because news organizations have often received bad information.

“There have been many, many stories based on — well, lots of stuff, but about Russia that are dead wrong,” Comey said.
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Isn't that something? The only reference to "fake news" in that article is from Orangetweet..

I know nuance is a foreign concept to the simpletons on the right, but have a 6th grader read the article to you. You will pick up on several things you missed.
 
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,”
 
GazzaQueen said:
The free press didn't fire them for printing a lie. It fired them for getting caught in a lie. There was no Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials.
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and the russian times is who you trust


even when the American free press corrects its self
 
Darth Omar said:
Mueller and the head hunters may come up with something but I doubt it involves Trump. I think the glaring conflict of interest between Mueller and Comey was a subtle signal by Mueller that he isn't going after Trump on obstruction. So as you say, that leaves Flynn and co. And it leaves a counter intelligence investigation on Russia.

Now, Mueller can impress me and snoop around the leaking of unmasked individuals by people in the prior administration. He certainly hired enough lawyers to do that and there's actually a 'there, there'.

But it's probably too much to hope for.
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did you see the story where NSA said they didn't have access to Susan Rice's unmasking requests?
They said it was forwareded to the "Obama Library" ( which isn't scheduled forcompletion for 5 more years)

Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice Says She’s a Victim of Racism and Sexism
https://heatst.com/politics/former-...rice-says-shes-a-victim-of-racism-and-sexism/
She’s especially bitter that organizations like Judicial Watch continue to look into Rice’s efforts to “unmask” certain Trump transition officials named in foreign surveillance records. JW says the move is evidence that the Obama team “weaponized” information against the incoming administration.

She says the investigation is tantamount to a witch hunt. Judicial Watch says that Rice and her colleagues were so desperate to hide evidence that she may have violated rules protecting classified information. It says that they quickly shifted all documents related to the case to Obama’s Presidential Library, effectively sealing them for at least five years.
 
RickyTavy said:
trump-fluffing groupie defends Putin's bitch with the "fake news" meme by parroting what he is told he thinks by Putin's state media. Anybody know the number at Guinness Book of World Records? I'm pretty sure Annette just blew away the old record for oblivious twittery.
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You are evince without putin's cock.
 
RickyTavy said:
trump-fluffing groupie defends Putin's bitch with the "fake news" meme by parroting what he is told he thinks by Putin's state media. Anybody know the number at Guinness Book of World Records? I'm pretty sure Annette just blew away the old record for oblivious twittery.
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it is definately a paid russian shill


I pegged it months ago



people got pissed


NOW THEY KNOW I WAS CORRECT
 
RickyTavy said:
trump-fluffing groupie defends Putin's bitch with the "fake news" meme by parroting what he is told he thinks by Putin's state media. Anybody know the number at Guinness Book of World Records? I'm pretty sure Annette just blew away the old record for oblivious twittery.
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you need to find a board where your hyperbole is accepted as having worth.
That doesn't fly around here - bloviation is meaningless-ad homs are worthless.
 
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