Posted on 08/17/2022 5:07:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
O’Donnell tweeted Monday that she had been told by a “DOJ official” that the FBI was “not in possession” of Trump’s three passports, which contradicted the former president’s statement that his travel documents were taken by FBI agents who searched his Florida home last week
But the anchor attributed the information to a single source — a big no-no at CBS News, which has a strict two-source protocol, angry CBS sources told The Post. They added that the tweets also made it sound like O’Donnell was calling a former president a “liar.”
“This is an embarrassment for CBS that the face of the your network can’t even make a second call to a Justice Department rep,” one livid source said. “It’s journalism 101.”
The FBI had returned the documents earlier in the afternoon, according to now-public correspondence between Trump’s camp and the DOJ.
In a written statement to The Post, a CBS rep defended O’Donnell’s series of tweets.
“Donald Trump publicly alleged that his passports were ‘stolen’ and in the hands of the FBI. As part of the normal reporting process, our reporters inquired with the DOJ about whether they had Donald Trump’s passports,” a CBS rep said in a statement to The Post.
“They replied that they did not,” the rep added. “Our reporting reflected that; it was true then and it is true now that the FBI was not in possession of his passports at the time. And as the tweet thread makes clear, any items that were not contained in the warrant would be returned.”
“It’s still bad journalism,” the source punched back. “She didn’t ask if the passports were ever in their possession. She didn’t say ‘no longer in possession.'”
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There were two sources. The FIB and the Narrative.
CBS has no reporting standards.
Fake but accurate.
Presstitutes need only one source: Deep State.
I’m sure Dan Rather would have been willing to be her other source, if only she would have called…
The network had to issue that nuanced message, to avoid legal exposure.
“They replied that they did not,” the rep added. “Our reporting reflected that; it was true then and it is true now that the FBI was not in possession of his passports at the time. And as the tweet thread makes clear, any items that were not contained in the warrant would be returned.”
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So according to CBS, the FBI returned the passports they never had.
Not surprised, (C)BS has no journalistic standards.
“the FBI returned the passports they never had”
That was good of them.
Greater Washington businesses approved for nearly $1B in Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants
Scroll down for the info on him.
I can't tell you the number of restaurants here in Upstate NY that have gone bust since CoupFlu.
Note to the NYP and DM: I found the above info in a couple of minutes. You could have, too.
Actually it is.
In fact, right in lockstep with MSM reporting standards, i.e. the "standards" of 21st century "journalism."
Look to the Daily Mail for honest reporting.
seeBS has standards? Who knew.
The UK has a Deep State, too, doesn’t it.
And the DM is one of its mouthpieces.
I didn’t know CBS had standards.
I mean it’s the channel of Walter Cronkite who lied about the complete US victory at the Tet Offensive, claiming the utter defeat of the North Vietnamese meant the US lost the war.
Dan “fake but true” Rather, of course.
60 minutes edited it’s interview with Obama to conceal his lies about Benghazi.
New development O’Donnell has obtained copies of Trumps passports from a Kinkos Copy outlet in rural Texas.
Film at 11 ..
They need two sources for anything against Trump and a hundred sources for anything against Biden.
Does See BS not know the meaning of “Lie”? How about “Stolen, Theft, Robbery”? Journalism?
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