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| NY Times Long Ago Foretold Trump's Innocence |
| 2019-03-28 |
| [Daily Wealth Alerts - but seems identical to a WaPo editorial behind the pay wall.] On Oct. 31, 2016 ‐ one week before the presidential election ‐ the New York Times published an influential story under this headline: "Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia." The story by Eric Lichtblau and Steven Lee Myers landed amid tremendous interest in Trump and the Russians. As a candidate, Trump had made conciliatory gestures toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. And a few weeks earlier, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence expressed confidence that "the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations," a clear reference to the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other targets. Conclusion, after a lot of soul searching and Trump-ain't-necessarily-completely-innocent-you know: There is one takeaway, however, that further revelations won’t erode: In recent days, critics of the mainstream media have attacked its nonstop collusion chatter, with Hannity leading this particular chorus. Meanwhile, the New York Times ‐ as well-sourced as any U.S. news outlet on Trump-Russia reporting ‐ published an authoritative "no collusion" investigative story, and it did so one week before the presidential election. The editorial process that birthed this story, furthermore, was filled with agita and bitterness ‐ not about whether the story would help or hurt this candidate or that candidate, but whether it would withstand scrutiny. "Journalism is hard," says Foer. WaPo Link behind the pay wall |
| Posted by:Bobby |