Posted on 05/02/2021 5:41:34 PM PDT by bitt
The trifecta of fake news-retractions unrolled this week after the far-left Washington Post, the far-left New York Times, and the far-left NBC News were all forced to issue retractions for smearing former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
All three fake news outlets reported Giuliani had received a defensive briefing from the FBI warning him he was the target of a Russian influence campaign.
The faker-than-fake Washington Post also claimed OAN received the same briefing so the faker-than-fake Post was forced to retract that, as well.
The Post’s original lies (I don’t link fake news):
The FBI warned Rudolph W. Giuliani in late 2019 that he was the target of a Russian influence operation aimed at circulating falsehoods intended to damage President Biden politically ahead of last year’s election, according to people familiar with the matter.
The warning was part of an extensive effort by the bureau to alert members of Congress and at least one conservative media outlet, One America News, that they faced a risk of being used to further Russia’s attempt to influence the election’s outcome, said several current and former U.S. officials. All spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter remains highly sensitive.
….aaaaannnnnd the Post’s LOL retraction:
Correction: An earlier version of this story, published Thursday, incorrectly reported that One America News was warned by the FBI that it was the target of a Russian influence operation. That version also said the FBI had provided a similar warning to Rudolph W. Giuliani, which he has since disputed. This version has been corrected to remove assertions that OAN and Giuliani received the warnings.
The New York Times’ original lies (I don’t link fake news):
The FBI stepped up its warnings about Russian disinformation before the 2020 election, including giving a defensive briefing to Giuliani, cautioning
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Fake news for a fake investigation
Berirtbart is right. NOT Fake news. LIES!
If Rudy had got the briefing, I wonder what he’d have done.
The Ukrainian officials that eventually gave Giuliani the evidence of the Burisma bribery scheme involving the Biden’s were patriots who were trying to restore the rule of law in their country. This was being undermined by criminal oligarchs who had plundered the people’s natural resources and foreign assistance money and made themselves billionaires from it.
If this information was Russian disinformation why was it being provided by Ukrainian patriots who hated the Russians? Who is really creating and peddling misinformation?
Not to worry. James O’Keefe is about to own a portion of the Times.
How often has the 'trifecta' done this type of hit job on a democrat... that later had to be retracted?
Never.
That tells you all you need to know...
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