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Atlantic Editor Defends Using Anonymous Sources For Trump Hit Piece. Back In 2016, He Blasted Using Anonymous Sources Targeting Him
Daily Wire ^ | 09/06/2020 | Emily Zanotti

Posted on 09/07/2020 7:38:39 PM PDT by Kevin in California

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To: mrsmith

they dont care

they just want the article out

because then political enemies can reference/use it as an outside external source of media information

and these people just want any allegation out there to be able to use and say ‘we didn’t make it up, the media reported it’

so when it gets proven false, they have plausible deniability

and the ‘seriousness of the allegation’ is why they took it so seriously, forget it wasn’t true

well we didn’t know that then, the media vouched for the ‘anonymous sources’ and we trusted them


21 posted on 09/07/2020 9:34:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TMN78247

LOL, I hear you. Back in high school, it took our local detective all of 2 minutes to smoke out my lie, so I get that.

But you and people like you won’t get to interview/interrogate these clowns, even if they are identified - much less having them under oath. They don’t have to convince you, they only have to convince 51% of the public, and with the media’s help, that is NOT difficult, at all.


22 posted on 09/07/2020 9:53:37 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: nutmeg

bookmark


23 posted on 09/07/2020 9:55:18 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: DarthVader

An anonymous source is OK if you are aren’t trying to ruin someone’s reputation.

“An anonymous source told me the Yankee’s have and off season trade already worked out to obtain Joey Gallo this off season”

“An anonymous source said Trump is thinking of holding a Middle East summit Mar-a-Lago rather than Istanbul.”

Those don’t really matter.

They accused PDJT of something despicable. If they want to influence an election then great. Come forward. Let’s see who you are. This was a hit piece. Since most of the people in the room have said “He didn’t say that.” It is evident that Mr. Goldberg didn’t bother to check. He should have called John Bolton to verify.

Basic journo 101 stuff


24 posted on 09/07/2020 9:57:13 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: Do_Tar

Back in the 90’s they actually printed a few interesting, conservative leaning articles but under the Obama regime, they went far left and wacko, never to return.


25 posted on 09/07/2020 10:13:22 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Kevin in California

Is it possible we are using the same sources. My sources tell me he is a pedophile. “disputed by numerous figures within the Trump administration,” Is John Bolton still in the Trump administration?


26 posted on 09/07/2020 10:59:50 PM PDT by Vehmgericht (12)
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To: Kevin in California

I have it on good authority that Goldberg referred to those holding the flag at Iwo Jima as “extreme right wing white supremacists”. At the same journolista pow wow he called Norman Schwartzkopf a “stuffed slob”.


27 posted on 09/07/2020 11:34:00 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Fiddlstix

The FOURTH ESTATE is The FIFTH COLUMN!


28 posted on 09/08/2020 2:16:24 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

Deep SIX ‘em...


29 posted on 09/08/2020 2:20:00 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Kevin in California

Innocent till proven guilty.
Right to face and question your accuser.

Even for the President of the USA


30 posted on 09/08/2020 4:28:08 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: MAGAthon

You had to know that Hillary’s name would surface somewhere in this story.


31 posted on 09/08/2020 4:59:07 AM PDT by surrey
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To: DarthVader

Biden Megadonor Owns The Atlantic, Reportedly Communicates Often With Journalist Behind Anonymously-Sourced Trump Bombshell
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/04/laurene-powell-jobs-jeffrey-goldberg-democrats/


32 posted on 09/08/2020 6:20:39 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Kevin in California

I heard the same thing. Joe Biden told me he and Goldberg do it together.


33 posted on 09/08/2020 6:33:34 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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