[SeekAndFind]

CNN was correct in that intel agencies have been investigating these reports, and that so far they came up empty. However, their initial report also said that the two-page annex cited intelligence that Trump surrogates were meeting with Russian agents, including Michael Cohen — an allegation that has been roundly debunked.

CNN had also reported that intelligence officials claimed that Russian agents claimed to have damaging personal and financial information on Trump, when it appears now that the purpose of that part of the briefing was to impress upon Trump their ability to gin up that kind of “disinformation.” NBC’s follow-up pertains specifically to that two-page annex that formed the core of CNN’s report:

A senior U.S. intelligence official with knowledge of the preparation for the meeting with Trump told NBC News that the president-elect was not briefed on the so-called two-page addendum to the dossier originally generated as part of anti-Trump Republican opposition research.

Multiple officials say that the summary was included in the material prepared for the briefers, but the senior official told NBC News that the briefing was oral and no actual documents were handed to the Trump team.

“Intel and law enforcement officials agree that none of the investigations have found any conclusive or direct link between Trump and the Russian government period,” the senior official said.

[miss marmelstein]

Tapper is deranged. He squawked about a Michael Cohen under the mistaken belief that Trump’s lawyer was in Prague meeting with Russians! How stupid can you be?

[kingu]

“When Mr. Trump went after our own Jim Acosta, saying he’s ‘fake news’ and he isn’t going to call for him, what I suspect we are seeing here an an attempt to discredit legitimate, responsible attempts to report on this incoming administration with irresponsible journalism that hurts us all and the media, going forward, should keep that in mind,” Tapper stated, referring to Trump’s refusal to call on a CNN reporter at the event.

When you refuse to publish something because you can not verify it (and any rational person can immediately identify it as fake news), what is the point of asking questions about something which is patently fake EXCEPT to generate fake news?

Oh, sorry, rational thought intruding again. I'll let Brian Williams continue the story that he got exclusively from Dan Rather's typewriter...

[tophat9000]

CNN Cable Nitwit Noise

[allendale]

CNN asked Trump the equivalent of the old character assassination question. Have you stopped beating your wife? Then knew full well that they were further propagating Buzzfeed’s despicable lies. NBC by the way owns a big part of Buzzfeed. The real question is how much did the Obama White House and Obama acolyte CIA director Brennan have to do with the production and release of this libelous document to an accommodating press more than willing to be a party to Trump’s destruction.

[Zarro]

Methinks Tapper doth protest too much...

[Leep]

CNN a notch above Air America and MSNBC...?

[the_Watchman]

So, the gist of Tapper’s remarks is that if something is uncorroborated, then CNN will just go with innuendo. How “Dan Rather” of him!

[VRWC For Truth]

Put some ice on that, Jake..bwahahahahahayhahahaha ! Best election evah! ...

[winner3000]

If it’s not corroborated, it’s not news, and should not even be mentioned. Unless CNN is in the business of mentioning whenever there is any kind of rumor without going into the specifics of the rumor! It is specifically CNN’s report that something exists out there that emboldened Buzzfeed to publish everything. So, sorry CNN. You knew what you were doing. Your plausible deniability is not plausible to me and to many Americans.
We are tired of your $hit!

[tomkat]

Now, more than ever !


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[Bullish]

Hey Jake, suck it up Buttercup. Your guys campaign to defeat Trump came up empty. So embrace yourselves for all the suck you’ve earned.

[Rebelbase]

The national moral booster provided by PEOTUS spanking CNN live during the press conference trumps any whining-claims CNN has.

[connyankee]

Bottom line: cnn is a pack of lying bottom feeders who dont “suss” out anything. They can’t stand the thought of finally being sent to the back of the pack. Now if faux news would also be smacked down...

[Reno89519]

Sounds defensive. Guess they know they screwed up and got called on it. Trump should follow-up with suspending their White House and pool access. Make clear it is no longer business as usual, respect the president or else.

[bigbob]

I'm fine with CNN being on the receiving end of Fake News for once if that happens to be the case. Live by the fake news, die by the fake news, and CNN is certainly dying.

[Savage Beast]

I switched on CNN to see how they were handling their Fake News exposure.

The CNN hacks were struggling to save face and maintain their composure.

They had the deer-in-the-headlights look of schoolyard bullies who just realized that the new kid has a black belt in karate.

[chris37]

Jake Tapper, Fake Newsman of Fake News Network.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

CNN thinks its being clever by reporting on the existence of something without printing it in its entirety.

Either way, it's fake news.

[Zeppo]

This affair is similar to the well-known SOP for the fake ‘mainstream’ media like CNN.

They really, truly want to put out the false news. They live for the opportunity to savage conservatives any way that they can, because in their heart of hearts, media outlets like CNN are fellow travelers with the Obamunists and the DNC.

But they know that they’ll likely get some blowback if they’re too obviously aggressive in flacking the false news.

So, cowards that they are, they let some other fake news outlet take the lead, essentially ‘newslaundering’ the fake story, so that they can then report that ‘XYZ says that’, believing wrongly that their own hands are unsullied as a result.

I’m so glad that Trump rubbed their noses in it. ESAD, Jake Tapper.

If GWB had forcefully stood up to the mediots’ and presstitutes’ lies, perhaps it would have spared us from eight horrible years of the Obama regime.