Posted on 04/29/2018 2:40:33 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
CNN walked away with a prestigious journalism award at Saturday night’s White House Correspondent’s Association dinner for their role in making public a briefing by intelligence officials to then President-elect Donald Trump. CNN reported the briefing “included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.” But the information briefed to the President was also leaked to the media by one of the same senior Obama administration officials who orchestrated the briefing and was hired by CNN months later as a paid analyst.
Some are questioning now if this was ethical –a pay for play of sorts –as it raises serious questions about the role and responsibility that U.S. intelligence officials have when taking on paid positions as analysts for news organizations, while still retaining their high-level security clearances. It also raises similar questions about news organizations and their role of remaining objective and not paying their sources.
Reporters Jake Tapper, Jim Sciutto, Evan Perez and Carl Bernstein won the Merriman Smith Award for their broadcast work and reporting on the dossier. But as first reported here it was former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who was suspected by Congress of leaking the information to CNN, after he asked now fired FBI Director James Comey to give Trump the private briefing on Jan. 6, 2017.
By August 2017, Clapper was hired by CNN as an analyst but the network never disclosed that Clapper was a major source behind the leak of an unproven and salacious dossier when he joined the network. News agencies and reporters never disclose their sources, it would be unethical, but isn’t it also unethical to pay sources for information or give sources jobs as analysts for your news outlet after they’ve been illegally leaking classified information?
(Excerpt) Read more at saraacarter.com ...
Former Assistant FBI Director James Kallstrom criticized Brennan and Clapper in an interview Sunday on Fox News Sunday Morning Features with Maria Bartiromo saying there is “no doubt there is a cabal – to diminish his (Trump’s) ability to manage the country.”
Kallstrom said people in the United States should be concerned and react to this, “this is third world country stuff.”
This is NOT Acceptable. It MUST End. Those involved must be held accountable for their illegal actions. No matter who they are.
What questions? We already knew CNN had no ethics.
Clap on. Clap off.
Correct.
But do they still have access to classified information while they work for MSM networks? Or for any other company.
Has Congress referred him yet, for lying under oath, to the DOJ for prosecution?
If so, why hasn’t he been arrested?
If not, friken why???
Comey was referred...
in a Coup attempt against Trump .
I think they are this group is that sick and demented and truly conspiring with Soros and
Obama and the Dems.
Its is no longer a news site .
I read somewhere that the statute of limitation had expired on one of the accusations.
Sessions will get right back to you on that, right after he finishes binge watching Season 2 of Murder She Wrote.
“Its is no longer a news site . “
Correct. CNN IS FAKE NEWS!
You know what else is also 'third-world stuff', Mr. Kallstrom?
Using your official position within the FBI to cover up the destruction of a US airliner shot down by a missile.
They are actively trying to overthrow Trump .
Why they have not been raided for collusion on a coup attempt is the real question .
Once the “dossier” crossed the line and resulted in a FISC warrant against Carter Page, the matter entered the realm of national security.
As a matter of national security, President Obama was briefed on this. Every day.
Let’s call this for what it is: Obamagate.
Trump has the authority to pull them NOW, without asking any other cabinet member to act.
CNN lost any possible resemblance and association to the profession of journalism during the Clinton administration. Since then they have essentially been cheerleaders for the Democrat party and all socialist causes. They maintain the pretense of being a news organization, but much like the New York Times and the Washington post (two newspapers that during most of the 20th century had respect for their journalistic values, and then lost all resemblance to actual news gathering organizations during the Reagan era), they are now nothing more than cheerleaders for liberal ideals and socialist dogma.
“cnn walked away with a prestigious journalism award at Saturday night’s White House Correspondent’s Association dinner...”
This is priceless. Traitorous pundits patting themselves furiously on their collective backs.
HA!!! Love it!
#RustyIrony... The Mueller “investigation” has turned up deep corruption in the DEEP State. Not sure that was his original plan... but that has been the results. Comey, Clapper, Brennen, McCabe, Strzok and Page... and their media enablers. ALL DIRTY!!
This has sent the (misnamed)”Progressive” Left into their own personal progressive Hell, near insanity...of which they may not recover. Especially as Trump seems the victor in all this so far.
Hafta admit... it’s kinda fun to watch in a twisted kinda way.
Yep. CNN is not only FAKE NEWS. But CNN really sucks.
Agree. They do it for the money.
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