Posted on 03/17/2021 11:08:25 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
...Writing in the Washington Examiner, Becket Adams makes the great point that this is more than just an indictment of the Washington Post, it is indeed an indictment of the media. That’s not because they ran with a bogus story they failed to verify – but rather because they ran with a bogus story that they claimed to have verified.
NBC News reported it “confirmed The Post’s characterization of the Dec. 23 call through a source familiar with the conversation.”
USA Today claimed a “Georgia official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters confirmed the details of the call.”
ABC News reported: “President Donald Trump phoned a chief investigator in Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office asking the official to ‘find the fraud’ and telling this person they would be a ‘national hero’ for it, an individual familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.”
PBS NewsHour and CNN likewise appeared to claim they independently “confirmed” the story through their own anonymous sources.
Or in other words, anything who assumed that the media’s “anonymous sources” may be “non-existent sources” or “politically motivated sources” is vindicated in this case....
(Excerpt) Read more at bongino.com ...
Scenario: Fuchs makes up the lie, and passes it to the WaPo. All the other media outlets move to independently confirm and call around. Fuchs is the only one who'll talk. Fuchs confirms with the requirement of anonymity. Thus, he originates and serves as "independent verification" of his own lie.
This witch better go into hiding. There will be a lot of GA voters looking for her.
......good point.......
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