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Stelter Rips Trump Defenders Over Whistleblower Report: They ‘Will Do Anything’ to Deny & Deflect
Mediaite ^ | September 22, 2019 | Ken Meyer

Posted on 09/22/2019 11:35:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

CNN’s Brian Stelter used his latest Reliable Sources monologue to bash Donald Trump’s media defenders for their dismissive reactions to the president and his allies pressuring Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden.

Stelter began by remarking on how Trump is “leading a disinformation campaign” with his attacks on Democrats and the media, all while the firestorm continues to swirl around the whistleblower report about his conversations with foreign leaders. This led to Stelter taking note of how Trump’s media and political allies are railing against the whistleblower instead off addressing the disturbing promises Trump supposedly made to foreign leaders.

“That’s the rhetoric. That’s what’s happening on the right. This shows how polluted our information environment is,” Stelter said. “There is a poisonous cloud that covers our political discourse because Trump and his media wingmen will do anything to deny, deflect and distract.”

As Stelter acknowledged that the whistleblower report hasn’t been publicly released yet, he compared the situation to Attorney General William Barr’s attempt to spin Robert Mueller’s report and put it in the most favorable light to Trump. He determined that the president is “abusing his powers for political gain,” and he said that “the press needs to provide clear explanations of what is going on” to address the complications of the story.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2020election; brianstelter; clintonnonnews; cnn; deplorables; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; media; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; trump; ukraine
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1 posted on 09/22/2019 11:35:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s a Stelter?


2 posted on 09/22/2019 11:38:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I see it as Trump getting a bit of a break due to overwhelming evidence against Biden corruption. Thank God. Let’s hope the tide keeps rolling in Trump’s favor and flushes Biden out of the race. Rudyhas done well. Trump should stay quiet.


3 posted on 09/22/2019 11:39:17 PM PDT by shalom aleichem (Barr and Durham! Get movin'. Time's awastin')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This guy should open up his own theater, because the projection is strong with this one.


4 posted on 09/22/2019 11:39:34 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“abusing his powers for political gain,”

And Biden's threatening to withhold US funds unless Ukraine fire's the prosecutor of his son's company is what, exactly?

5 posted on 09/22/2019 11:55:29 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: FlingWingFlyer
"What’s a Stelter?"

A fizzy clear drink from Staten Island?

6 posted on 09/22/2019 11:58:28 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This non-story is past its expiration date, it could hurt Biden, and they news just can not help themselves by not letting it go.
7 posted on 09/23/2019 12:01:02 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Articles like this would never be written if there were consequences to the “journalists” for being wrong.


8 posted on 09/23/2019 12:08:29 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dude, you are so stupid

You Can’t see this is a Spanish Prisoner con, which will Complicate the lives of the Biden’s?

You wanna do funk with everybody, now here it comes...


9 posted on 09/23/2019 12:09:19 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: Vendome

The few times I’ve watched he doesn’t seem like a rocket scientist.


10 posted on 09/23/2019 12:11:36 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why is it that the Dems can spend 2.5 years on a witch hunt about the Trump family’s dealings with Russia but the Biden family’s dealings with Ukraine are out of bounds? I was driving a lot today and on the radio heard various news people and Dem politicians saying things along the lines that if Trump asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, it would so obviously be an impeachable offense. Well, why the hell is that?! If the Bidens were breaking laws in Ukraine or anywhere, what’s so bad about investigating that? If they didn’t do anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about. If they were engaged in law-breaking, I’d think it’d be more of an impeachable offense to assist them in covering it up than in exposing them. But that’s just me, I suppose.


11 posted on 09/23/2019 12:12:02 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Vince Ferrer

We must reenact laws against propaganda, i.e, Smith Mundt amendment and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987. They were lifted in 2013, as part of the NDAA.

“The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has an amendment added that negates the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 (SMA) and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987.

These laws made propaganda used to influence foreigners and US citizens illegal. Without these laws, disinformation could run rampant throughout our information junkets.
This amendment added to the NDAA has passed into implementation as of this month.

SMA defines the prohibition of domestic access to influence information through a variety of means, from broadcast to publishing of books, media, and online sources by restricting the State Department.”


12 posted on 09/23/2019 12:15:04 AM PDT by combat_boots (TGod bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unmask the trouble maker.


13 posted on 09/23/2019 12:27:03 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: rxsid
"What’s a Stelter?"

A fizzy clear drink from Staten Island?

LOL. That’s exactly what I was thinking. 👍

14 posted on 09/23/2019 12:39:31 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I dont think this one’s going to be a winner for the Dems. Even with the new and improved spin of “whistle-blower” which they have a nerve to try to claim. If it is true about Biden, that’s devastating, not only to Biden but also potentially the last administration.


15 posted on 09/23/2019 1:17:05 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Free the Russia investigation documents)
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To: BlackAdderess

Nah. The 0bama admin folks are fine. Curiously Barr has their back.


16 posted on 09/23/2019 1:26:44 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bkmk


17 posted on 09/23/2019 2:00:34 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More sh## from the sh## stirrers


18 posted on 09/23/2019 2:25:47 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

First response was, “Who”?

Then I saw CNN.

Then is discounted it as fake news.


19 posted on 09/23/2019 3:09:24 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

An obese humpty dumpty cnn employee with shiny fat red lips and a falsetto voice who hates President Trump and uses his platform to slam him every chance he gets.

Also has at lease one child which means some female lay with him and accepted his sperm willingly.

shudders...


20 posted on 09/23/2019 3:18:20 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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