Media Covers Fake Mike Flynn Story, Ignores Bombshell on Secret Obama/Iran Meetings

PJ Media ^ | 01/25/2017 | David Steinberg

[SeekAndFind]

If mainstream media truly wishes to repair its image with the general public, these outlets must recognize they do not merely suffer from a "bubble" reinforced by overwhelmingly liberal staffing, or from supposedly insufficient outreach to working class communities.

The mainstream's issues are apparent in their content choices, suggesting an intractable problem. Following decades of allowing the Democratic Party to select the day's narrative, they possess no measure of professional competence for objectively judging the importance of information.

The media's remarkably different responses to the following two stories offer a definitive example:

1. Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn, President Trump's national security adviser, made a series of phone calls and texts to Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak on December 29, 2016. On that day, then-President Barack Obama had revealed that he was issuing sanctions against Russia for its supposed hacking of the Democratic National Committee.

2. Per the Washington Free Beacon: "Two high-level Iranian government backers, including a former Islamic Republic official and another accused of lobbying on Tehran’s behalf, were hosted at the Obama White House for more than 30 meetings with top officials at key junctures in the former administration’s contested diplomacy with Iran ...

"Sources familiar with the nature of the meetings told the Washington Free Beacon that both Parsi and Mousavian helped the White House craft its pro-Iran messaging and talking points that helped lead to the nuclear agreement with Iran. These efforts were part of a larger pro-Iran deal 'echo chamber' led by senior Obama administration officials who were tasked with misleading Congress about the nature of the deal ..."

Just about every mainstream outlet has covered the Michael Flynn story with multiple articles: Newsweek, CNN, Daily Beast, CBS News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and others

[SeekAndFind]

FBI Finds Nothing Amiss in Flynn-Russia Eavesdrop: Official

"The FBI eavesdropped on telephone calls between President Donald Trump's national security adviser and the Russian ambassador but found nothing improper, a U.S. intelligence official said.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said late Monday that there was never a formal "investigation" of the calls in December between retired Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn and Sergei Kislyak, Russia's ambassador in Washington.

According to the source, who was confirming a Washington Post report earlier Monday, intelligence officials merely listened in as part of routine eavesdropping on Kislyak.

[nikos1121]

Who leaks this to the press to begin with?

[HarleyLady27]

It’s on twitter now, don’t know about ‘farce book’ and it’s on Gab....

So lets get it out there and do the ‘fake media’ job for them!!!

Does Drudge have it? Does Rush have it? Does Hannity have it? places to start!!!

[Brad from Tennessee]

General Flynn ran the Defense Intelligence Agency. He would be aware that the FBI routinely intercepts phone traffic into Russian diplomatic facilities. He would also know through the news media about a rumored FISA Court tap on his own phones. It's ludicrous to believe he would be dumb enough to engage in skulduggery with the Russians when he knew the feds were eavesdropping.

[MCRD]

I don’t see anything routine about the FBI tapping a conversation with the then President Elect’s National Security Advisor. I hope the Feds are routinely tapping all of Obunghole’s and Jarett’s phone calls now just to make sure they have good line quality and such.

[TBP]

More fake news from our journalists.

[libertyrules]

It’s time to set up two antagonistic mole-ferreting CIA spy groups: one Republican, one Democratic. These groups must never be aware of the existence of the other. Set up this way, the two groups will discover the moles of each other. It may not work perfectly, but something must be done. The Muslim moles must be stopped.