Posted on 07/25/2017 11:44:07 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Scaramucci Attacks Media for Reporting on News That He Leaked
BY: Alex Griswold July 25, 2017 12:27 pm
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci slammed the media for reporting on a leaked firing, despite the fact he was the one who leaked it in the first place.
Scaramucci was asked by reporters on the White House driveway Tuesday about the reported firing of assistant press secretary Michael Short, the Hill reported.
"This is the problem with the leaking," Scaramucci said. "This is actually a terrible thing."
"Let's say I'm firing Michael Short today," he continued. "The fact that you guys know about it before he does really upsets me as a human being and as a Roman Catholic."
But Scaramucci's complaint was an odd one. The news of Short's firing was first reported by Politico, which cited Scaramucci himself as its source.
"Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Tuesday that he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short," read the piece's lede.
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I swear I've seen him doing commercials.......
He says Sessions resolution coming shortly
So because Politico SAYS the leak xame from mooch, we are supposed to believe it?
LOL, I don’t think so.
“Scaramucci! Scaramucci! Can you do the fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning! Very, very frightening me!”
Mental whiplash daily from this group.
Why didn’t he deny it then?
Obviously, someone from within leaked it to the press, and it caught Scaramucci off guard.
If you look at the bulk of post today, the vast majority include anonymous sources. You’d think that McMasters, Tillerson are all thinking of quitting. Sessions is about to be fired and of course, Mueller is going to go too.
Why not name your source?
Sessions says no plans to resign and no plan to talk to potus as per ABC
Surprised to see Session’s making Trump push him off the plank.
Anyone who watched Scaramucci on the Sunday shows knows that this is one of his first tasks. He said it would be handled this week, he was to meet with the communications team and let them know that anyone leaking from this point forward would be immediately fired. I believe he’s in the process of smoking out the leakers right now. Perhaps the leak to Politico is part of the “smoking out” process.
Re complaining about repeating his own leaks:
“Welcome to the game, pal!”
Perhaps because the leaker would be fired and you'd no longer be able to get leaked information from them?
Correct !
This is another BARIUM MEAL!
That presumes that the leak to Politico actually did come from him. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't -- I wouldn't take Politico's reporting at face value.
Please don’t do that. It took me almost a whole day to get that song out of my mind when others posted those lines.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Because the guy was fired. The point is Politico said Mooch told them and I don’t believe Politico.
He really is Trump’s mini me
Trump doesn’t want to lose voters by firing Sessions. Sessions is probably in “hang together or hang separately” mode and will try to get as much of the illegal immigration mess cleaned up as he possibly can, hoping that his boss will figure out how much easier his life will be with greater than 10% of his staff in place.
The source was Mooch speaking on the record according to the original article.
“Scaramucci confirmed to POLITICO early Tuesday that he planned to start by dismissing assistant press secretary Michael Short at a morning meeting, but that move was apparently delayed.
Short, who initially said Tuesday that he hadn’t yet been informed of any decision, resigned Tuesday (...)”
Because there probably is no source. I thought you had to have two sources to have a reliable story.
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