Posted on 03/08/2017 10:24:58 PM PST by Helicondelta
In the aftermath of the Trump accusation that Obama wiretapped his phone during the election, an allegation which the flagbearers of the "truthful" (according to their various advertising campaigns) anti-Trump media wave, namely the Washington Post and the New York Times have vehemently denied, an unexpected victim has emerged over the past few days: the New York Times itself.
The reason is that while the NYT has repeatedly criticized and denied Trump's allegation, it itself had written an article on January 19 titled, in the print version, "Wiretapped Data Used in Inquiry of Trump Aides', and online "Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates", by reporters Michael Schmidt and Michael Shear, which paradoxically corroborated much, if not all of what Trump himself said, and quotes the usual anonymous source who said that wiretapped communications had been provided to the White House as part of an investigation into the business dealings that some of the president-elects past and present advisers have had with Russia.
So with various conservative blogs taking the NYT to task over this seeming contradiction, and even the WaPo's own fact-checker seemingly confused today the NYT's public editor, Liz Spayd felt compelled to address its January 19 article which, implicitly, substantiated much of Trump's allegation, and to explain why that's not the case.
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Sarcasm aside, what the NYT's long-winded explanation boils down to is that Trump's inner circle was wiretapped, but the difference is whether Obama knew about it or not. And if anyone harbors any gullible thoughts that the president who lied to the public about his knowledge of Hillary's email server..
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Archives are SUCH an inconvenient thing...
Obama is a scumbag who had ambitions to be a dictator...Not only did he KNOW, there is little doubt he ORDERED it....
Because...
When you lie all the time, it’s difficult to keep the lies straight.
It is a crime against Nature and against Humanity that even a sick sapling is murdered to produce newsprint for this yellow liar “news”paper.
Maxine Waters: Obama Has Put In Place Secret Database With Everything On Everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69X20HhEQg
Hey, Failing New York times — the coverup is worse than the original crime.
btt
I’ll bet the NYT has a picture of Carlos Slim swimming in the Yangtze River hanging in a prominent location in the Press Room.
Bet they wish they had one of Orwell’s Memory Holes about now.
L
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