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2017-01-11 Home Front: Politix

OMG! Fake News and CIA Fell for Incredible

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-11 02:54|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "Fell for"

No, that is simply an intended outcome for the target audience.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-11 03:09|| 2017-01-11 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 ZH says it was a 4chan trolling

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-11 07:29|| 2017-01-11 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 That should be the end of any more crap from our intelligence services.

Posted by gorb 2017-01-11 07:38|| 2017-01-11 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 If Bill Clinton was the target of the smear the story would be entirely plausible. But not Trump and America knows it. Any fiction journalist who refers to this smear in the press conference should be escouted out and their fake press bureau banned for life from from the press pool.

Posted by Nero White 3083 2017-01-11 08:24|| 2017-01-11 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 The Commodities and Futures markets seem to be blowing this "news" off. Good indicator.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-01-11 09:35|| 2017-01-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, I read the "story" and after finding out that McCain was in part behind it, and that it was opposition research by the Dems and the NeverTrumps, I have to say they could have had a better story.

This is going to be the sleaziest four years of news. I mean when is the picture of Trump with a goat going to surface.

BTW, the picture of Trump and Vlad is wrong, they were riding Vlad's Russian Brown Bear.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-11 11:38|| 2017-01-11 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like something Bill Clinton would do on a bed where Trump slept...projection.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-01-11 12:40|| 2017-01-11 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 I mean when is the picture of Trump with a goat going to surface.

Well you know that who goats.ex (I believe that's the name....) guy is???

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-11 12:54|| 2017-01-11 12:54|| Front Page Top

#9 https://vid.me/oX5RDonald Trump calls BBC -another beauty

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-01-11 13:39|| 2017-01-11 13:39|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-01-11 14:04|| 2017-01-11 14:04|| Front Page Top

#11 McCain gave it to the FBI and then to the Democrats. Seems it was paid for by Republicans.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2017-01-11 16:49|| 2017-01-11 16:49|| Front Page Top

#12 Deacon Blues' Daily Mail link wraps it all up in a bow for me. The honourable senator and former presidential candidate was the second person to be given that information to pass on to the FBI; somebody or several somebodies also tried to shop the story to various members of the mainstream media, who rejected it, then to various members of the anti-Trump media, who also rejected it until CNN broke the story and Buzzfeed published salacious bits from the file.

Apparently the salacious bits were not in the two page summary the intelligence community representatives shared with their future boss when they met with him to discuss Russian hacking.

And today Mr.Trump openly refused to take questions from CNN at his press conference, but unlike President Obama's early treatment of Fox News, he allowed them to be in the room with the rest of the press pool.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-11 19:35|| 2017-01-11 19:35|| Front Page Top

#13 I was kidding when I suggested Trump privatize the intelligence services, but it's starting to look like a good idea. At least he would know who they were working for.

Posted by SteveS 2017-01-11 20:33|| 2017-01-11 20:33|| Front Page Top

#14 re: McCain

Benedict Arnold was a POW from the failed early Canadian campaign. Exchanged, he went on to lead the critical combat that lead to the victory at Saratoga. However, he never felt he got the recognition and rewards for his service, so, as well all know, his ego let him to betray his fellow Americans.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-01-11 21:07|| 2017-01-11 21:07|| Front Page Top

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