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Washington Post rips CNN for its faulty reporting on Steele dossier, demands network 'come clean'
Fox News ^ | January 6 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 01/06/2020 11:07:57 PM PST by knighthawk

The Washington Post blasted CNN for its track record on the infamous anti-Trump dossier following last month's release of the Justice Department watchdog's report on the foundation of the Russia investigation, demanding the network "come clean" on its faulty reporting.

In his latest of an ongoing series tackling the media's handling of the dossier, Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple took aim at the anti-Trump network on Monday for continuing to "stand by" its past reporting on the salacious document that was used in the highly controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application process to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Wemple singled out CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota, who claimed in December 2017 that the intel community "has corroborated all the details" of the dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele, while others on the network insisted that "parts" or "much" of it were verified.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; coup; deepstate; fakenews; fisa; media; msm; steeledossier; washingtonpost

1 posted on 01/06/2020 11:07:57 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

The Ricky Gervais effect?


2 posted on 01/06/2020 11:10:44 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: knighthawk

Didn’t the Washington Post collude with the government to plant news items to further investigation requests?


3 posted on 01/06/2020 11:13:42 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Decade of decision for America)
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To: knighthawk

Pot, kettle, etc.


4 posted on 01/06/2020 11:36:08 PM PST by ETCM
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To: knighthawk

5 posted on 01/06/2020 11:40:12 PM PST by dead (Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
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To: dead

Now you nailed it.

Plus, maybe everyone’s afraid of catching some heat and the blame game is beginning

i could be very wrong :)


6 posted on 01/07/2020 12:09:03 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yes, with Comey’s friend who gave the Post his notes from his meeting with Trump.


7 posted on 01/07/2020 12:09:30 AM PST by White MAGA Man
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CNN is ATT

Telecom must not also have ownership of the news.


8 posted on 01/07/2020 12:10:45 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yep, which makes WAPO lambasting CNN an utter irony.


9 posted on 01/07/2020 12:19:38 AM PST by cranked
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To: knighthawk

Is the Fake Media starting to crack?


10 posted on 01/07/2020 12:34:39 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: cranked; a fool in paradise; White MAGA Man
Didn’t the Washington Post collude with the government to plant news items to further investigation requests?

Colluded or duped?

If an FBI agent comes to a reporter and says, “I have this report on Trump you might want to look at” what is a reporter to do?

Does the reporter ask “Has it been verified?”

If you, as a reporter, want to get leaked to again by this agent you probably don’t ask that question.

And given that this is the WAPO this reporter is probably ready to believe everything in the dossier.

I think it was easy to get the WAPO to take the dossier at face value. I don’t think it was necessary for the reporter to be part of a conspiracy to get the reporter to do what the FBI agent wanted him to do.

11 posted on 01/07/2020 1:09:19 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: ETCM
Potand-Kettle1
12 posted on 01/07/2020 1:19:56 AM PST by timestax
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To: cranked
pot-calling-the-kettle-black-2
13 posted on 01/07/2020 1:22:07 AM PST by timestax
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To: knighthawk

After losing the Jedi deal, is Bezos finally trying to do something about his fake-news organization ?


14 posted on 01/07/2020 2:08:56 AM PST by libh8er
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To: knighthawk

Now this is a funny fight....


15 posted on 01/07/2020 4:08:19 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Pontiac

At the Times wasn’t the reporter having sex with multiple members of the US government for “scoops”?


16 posted on 01/07/2020 5:37:22 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Decade of decision for America)
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To: Pontiac

Since the reporter never screamed holy hell about being used (s)he was a willing yellow journalist.


17 posted on 01/07/2020 5:38:32 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Decade of decision for America)
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To: knighthawk

WaPo the first rat off the sinking ship?


18 posted on 01/07/2020 6:14:04 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: knighthawk

WP Pot calls CNN Kettle Black...............


19 posted on 01/07/2020 7:09:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: knighthawk

Liberal media is like seeing feral dogs at feeding time.


20 posted on 01/07/2020 7:41:13 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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