Posted on 11/06/2017 11:44:26 AM PST by detective
The Fusion GPS news-for-hire scandal has not only led to the public identification of the source of the “Trump Dossier”—a for-profit company that provides opposition research to whoever could write big checks, which is staffed by four former Wall Street Journal reporters led by Glenn Simpson. The scandal has also lifted the lid off a sewer of corporate information warfare and opposition research that the flailing institutions of the mainstream press now regularly re-package as news, without ever saying where it came from—or who paid for it. While the idea that the products of paid opposition research are being main-lined by name news outlets makes an ongoing mockery of claims to objective reporting, that part of the story is hardly new—it goes back at least to the partisan warfare of the 1990s. So why is Fusion GPS such a big deal?
The Trump Dossier, and the firestorm it ignited, is only one piece of the Fusion GPS story. What’s new about Fusion GPS and its fellow DC oppo shops—few of which register as foreign lobbyists—is that they take money from entities linked to foreign governments that are eager to re-frame or invent news stories to punish their enemies at home and torque American foreign policy by controlling information. When you connect the dots between Fusion GPS’s foreign clients and U.S. media outlets, a much more disturbing picture emerges of the firm’s activities, and what they reveal about the weakened state of the American press, and American democracy.
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It also provides an understanding about the infamous Trump dossier.
The DNC/Hillary Sleaze goes about as deep and as far as you can get. They basically will stop at nothing to get what they want, which is POWER and YOUR money. Corruption form stem to stern.
The are Hypocrites of the Delusional Lying Left.
OF COURSE THEY DID!!!!
That’s why one hires Fusion GPS over any other firm or agency.
They did up the filthiest of dirt and invent that which they cannot find. As do dozens of firms.
Their key selling point is the can get the CNN, NYT, WaPo headline with this dirt...all on the same day.
They’re world-class experts. And they are very expensive.
Why pay them for what they’d happily do for free.
You can learn what the Dems have been up to, just by reading what they’re accusing others of doing.
You can learn what the Dems have been up to, just by reading what they’re accusing others of doing.
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That is exactly what they do.
One plus for Trump is that he doesn’t drink or use drugs. There’s far less chance they could find real dirt on him.
Check out the Fusion GPS website. The ultimate in non-disclosure.
An email address and nothing more.
No phone numbers, no address, no bios, no about page.
Der Hildebeast and her Fake News Express must have a landfill filled with her used disposable diapers. The stench on the political landscape needs a hazmat team.
they take money from entities linked to foreign governments that are eager to re-frame or invent news stories to punish their enemies at home and torque American foreign policy by controlling information.
Completely made up. No famine here. Everything is wonderful.
I hear he got a Pulitzer.
Fusion of news and propaganda
good one
Roy Gutman has been selling propaganda as news for his entire career. And he won a Pulitzer for it in the beginning days of his career. I think for his reporting in Bosnia.
He still does it. Although his last client was Erdogan’s Turkey and even he found out how journalism is there. hee hee hee
Thanks for the post.
This is an unusual source, I’ve posted a few articles from it. I think they complained about one of them. I saw some quick corrections. Possibly copyright complaints, or they might not have liked my comments on the post.
Glenn Simpson LOOKS DIRTY!!! Typical Democrat.
Why is what FUSION GPS did called opposition research? Opposition research is digging for negative information about your opponent that already exists. What they did was create a story and insulate themselves from it with multiple layers of deniability.
Winning, placemark.
ping
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