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Well, the TV report that I bookmarked was changed today, so I can't link to the video that showed what CNN actually said in their Fake News Cast which included Bernstein of Watergate fame.

While they did not tell any details, they actually made it sound like there was some horrible damaging stuff in there. The also said that their intelligence sources were indicating that the former MI6 agent was considered a credible source.

My opinion is that their report was actually worse than what Buzzfeed did, because they tried to make it appear that there was credible, damaging information, and they simply couldn't report the details until the IC had time to verify it.

They are being disingenuous like a lawyer. Careful statements designed to smear without a specific misstatement - reminds me of the definition of "is"

They have yet to reveal the 4Chann connection which punked them all.

1 posted on 01/11/2017 8:45:52 PM PST by greeneyes
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Hannity played those CNN clips on his show tonight. You are right, they made the story sound more damaging than it really was.


2 posted on 01/11/2017 8:49:00 PM PST by Parley Baer
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My opinion also is that CNN was attempting to use this crap in a more that was damaging way than Buzzfeed. Trump should lock them out of every news conference until they knock this crap off.


3 posted on 01/11/2017 8:50:10 PM PST by fireman15 (How many illegal aliens voted for Hillary in CA and NY alone?)
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CNN is playing defense which means our side is winning.

Trump was wrong. I will never get tired of winning.


4 posted on 01/11/2017 8:51:04 PM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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How Trump deals with CNN sets the stage. When the Soviets saw Reagan fore all the air traffic controllers, they knew they weren’t going to push him around.
Remember the Iranians, yelling and physically menacing Kerry and the US negotiating team and they meekly backed down?
every time Kim Jong il wants food or fuel, he threatens and beats his chest.
ISIS loves making big “or else” threats.

How Trump brings CNN to heel and destroys Buzzfeed will be closely watched by every bully on earth.


5 posted on 01/11/2017 8:51:50 PM PST by DesertRhino
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CNN the originators of Fake News!


6 posted on 01/11/2017 8:51:59 PM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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THey were ALL punked by some juvenile delinquents on 4chan who made up a ridiculous story that fed into what the media and some intelligence people wanted to hear, so they ran with it. It matters not whether CNN did anything to confirm it or not, it’s fake and they were trolled.


7 posted on 01/11/2017 8:52:28 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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They are being disingenuous like a lawyer.

"I know that. I think it's so funny that you think that I don't know that."

9 posted on 01/11/2017 8:53:25 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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Modus operandi for the Trump presidency. Get used to these bastards who have no respect and no shame.
12 posted on 01/11/2017 8:56:38 PM PST by Fungi
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Clapper issued a statement tonight specifically denying that the circulated report was an IC product and he also wrote that the IC could not verify the accuracy of its content.

CNN also reported that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen met with Russian officials in Prague. The problem is that Cohen says he has never traveled to the Czech Republic and that he was with his son at USC at the time of the alleged meeting. So much for CNN vetting its reporting.


13 posted on 01/11/2017 8:56:42 PM PST by riverdawg
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More Fake News from CNN.


14 posted on 01/11/2017 8:59:07 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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Ah, no.

CNN, and Buzzfeed should be banned and CNN lose their government subsidy.

MSN on probation pending any future journalistic unprofessionalism.


17 posted on 01/11/2017 9:00:00 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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we encourage them to identify, specifically, what they believe to be inaccurate.

The date, reporters names, IRS status of reporters, citizenship papers of employees,name of planet where they reside...etc- all fake!

19 posted on 01/11/2017 9:00:44 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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Wonder if CNN will survive 2017? #FakeNews


21 posted on 01/11/2017 9:01:38 PM PST by BAW (It is Yuge!)
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CNN used their 'credibility' as a major news org as a weapon against a president elect that they don't approve of. To let unsubstantiated, unsourced BS just hang is tantamount to yellow journalism and is an unfair attack of the worst kind. They knew exactly what they were doing. It's something they'd never stand for being used against any of the democrats that they support endlessly.

It proves everything we've always thought about their unbelievable bias, in spades. President Trump should never take another question from them again. They should be laughed out of the press room from now on.

22 posted on 01/11/2017 9:02:28 PM PST by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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CNN= a bunch of rat turds


23 posted on 01/11/2017 9:02:56 PM PST by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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This from the organization that told you it was illegal for anybody but the media to look at the WikiLeaks documents.


27 posted on 01/11/2017 9:05:19 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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Here is the 1st reporting of this manufactured inuendo of scandalous and scurilous lies.

6 minute video in the link
http://mediamatters.org/video/2017/01/10/veteran-journalist-carl-bernstein-intel-chiefs-presented-trump-claims-russian-efforts-compromise-him/214971


28 posted on 01/11/2017 9:05:21 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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They couldn’t substantiate it, so they ran with innuendo. But that’s supposed to be O.K. Because, in the spirit of Dan Rather, it isn’t the truthfulness of the source, it’s the seriousness of the charge!


33 posted on 01/11/2017 9:11:21 PM PST by the_Watchman
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They were punked, fell for it, and refuse to admit it.


35 posted on 01/11/2017 9:12:19 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Well done!


38 posted on 01/11/2017 9:12:59 PM PST by EliRoom8
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