Posted on 05/24/2017 5:46:53 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
The New York Times dropped another “bombshell” report on Russian influence on the 2016 election Wednesday, and once again what is presented as salacious news in the headline and lead is revealed to be anything but midway through the report.
“Months before the election, U.S. spies learned that top Russians had discussed ways to use Donald Trump’s advisers to influence him,” reads the headline blasted by TheNYT in a breaking news email. The story is clearly meant to further the “Trump colluded with Russia” narrative the media has pushed for months, although it’s as yet totally unsubstantiated.
TheNYT lead builds an atmosphere of wrongdoing around Trump and his campaign aides using important sounding buzzwords and phrases. “Spies” and “revealing” information and big-time Russian officials who “exert influence.” It’s quite official sounding and obviously intended to sow suspicion.
But the (few) readers who make it to the fifth paragraph and are paying attention will realize there’s not actually much meat to the report. That paragraph hedges on the information collected by the spies, and notes the reporter has no real clue whether Russian officials actually made any attempt to influence the Trump aides in question. Oh yeah and the Trump campaign as well as both aides have consistently denied the longstanding accusations of collusion with Russia.
“The information collected last summer was considered credible enough for intelligence agencies to pass to the F.B.I., which during that period opened a counterintelligence investigation that is ongoing,” the paragraph reads. “It is unclear, however, whether Russian officials actually tried to directly influence Mr. Manafort and Mr. Flynn. Both have denied any collusion with the Russian government on the campaign to disrupt the election.”
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I’m discouraged. I emailed both my senators demanding that they stand up for Trump and ignore this ridiculous accusation, and they both replied with mealy-mouthed letters about how things are serious and must be investigated.
Manafort wasn’t even with Trump during the general election.
“But WAPO will never, ever, ever give up! Well, maybe tomorrow morning.”
okay, what’s that cryptic statement mean? :)
FBI and media got pwned by the Ruskies and don’t even know it.
It was all an excuse to justify spying and unmasking names on the Trump team
When everything is a “bombshell” noting is a “bombshell”.
Trump is decoding his Russian master's instructions hidden in a salad dressing ad.
It sounds like diplomats, not spies, simply talking about doing their jobs. That’s what diplomats are supposed to, make friends and try to influence the government of the country they are dealing with.
It sounds like diplomats, not spies, simply talking about doing their jobs. That’s what diplomats are supposed to, make friends and try to influence the government of the country they are dealing with.
Indeed. But if impeachment proceedings start officially based on lies told by the MSM....CWII will start and there WILL be blood.
I know it’s never going to stop but l’m so sick of this crap. The GOP is worthless. If any Rat POTUS was being ripped to shreds by “anonymous”
sourced stories there would be a non stop parade of Rats attacking the press and it would be stopped.
How did the Ruskies know Trump would win?
In January 2016 — MONTHS BEFORE Manafort had taken any role in Trump’s campaign — Clinton advisor Alexandra Chalupa told a senior DNC official that, when it came to Trump’s campaign, “I felt there was a Russia connection,” Chalupa recalled. “And that, if there was, that we can expect Paul Manafort to be involved in this election.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446
Were Russians that stupid that they would bet everything on a longest-shot candidate winning the election without making any contingency plans to get Hillary on their payroll in case she won?
....“It is unclear, however, whether Russian officials actually tried to directly influence Mr. Manafort and Mr. Flynn...
To the point...No evidence whatsoever. Zip, zilch, zero, nada.
It’s just the usual innuendo smear.
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It appears that, according to the Trump haters, the Trump election organization automatically accrues the guilt of any Russian initiative. Sort of like the Muslim world blames the woman for getting herself raped.
It is always the same. Every supposed “new bombshell” is the same old tired crap wrapped in a different package.
Gawd these people are tiresome!
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