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Taibbi: It's Official - 'Russiagate' Is This Generation's WMD

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UPDATED: Thursday, April 25, 2019 08:19
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:53 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Nothing Trump is accused of from now on by the press will be believed by huge chunks of the population, a group that (perhaps thanks to this story) is now larger than his original base. As Baker notes, a full 50.3% of respondents in a poll conducted this month said they agree with Trump the Mueller probe is a “witch hunt.”

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 7:38 PM

JONGSSTRAW


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Nothing Trump is accused of from now on by the press will be believed by huge chunks of the population


As if it ever was. They lost any smidgen of remaining credibility when they all wept like crying babies on television when Hillary lost. Their laughable "resistance" that arose from their collective disgrace and shame of that night is all they can do to avoid jumping off roofs.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:18 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Nothing Trump is accused of from now on by the press will be believed by huge chunks of the population, a group that (perhaps thanks to this story) is now larger than his original base. As Baker notes, a full 50.3% of respondents in a poll conducted this month said they agree with Trump the Mueller probe is a “witch hunt.”

https://phibetaiota.net/2019/03/zero-hedge-matt-taibbi-its-official-ru
ssiagate-lies-destroy-entire-us-press-corps-this-is-a-death-blow/

Saw that coming.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:31 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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The WMD mess had massive real-world negative impact, leading to over a hundred thousand deaths and trillions in lost taxpayer dollars. Unless Russiagate leads to a nuclear conflict, we’re unlikely to ever see that level of consequence.

Still, Russiagate has led to unprecedented cooperation between the government and Internet platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google, all of which are censoring pages on the left, right, and in between in the name of preventing the “sowing of discord.” The story also had a profound impact on the situation in places like Syria, where Russian and American troops have sat across the Euphrates River from one another, two amped-up nuclear powers at a crossroads.

As a purely journalistic failure, however, WMD was a pimple compared to Russiagate. The sheer scale of the errors and exaggerations this time around dwarfs the last mess. Worse, it’s led to most journalists accepting a radical change in mission. We’ve become sides-choosers, obliterating the concept of the press as an independent institution whose primary role is sorting fact and fiction.

We had the sense to eventually look inward a little in the WMD affair, which is the only reason we escaped that episode with any audience left. Is the press even capable of that kind of self-awareness now? WMD damaged our reputation. If we don’t turn things around, this story will destroy it.



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:32 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I wonder how proud Mueller is for being at Ground Zero concerning both of these shameful chapters in American history.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:04 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


JONGSSTRAW, I know you didn't post to be funny but I laughed my ass off when I read it. Too true!

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:06 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I wonder how proud Mueller is for being at Ground Zero concerning both of these shameful chapters in American history

And people (still) believe him because he told them so??

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:16 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I wonder how proud Mueller is for being at Ground Zero concerning both of these shameful chapters in American history

And people (still) believe him because he told them so??

There's a reason snake oil salesmen make money.

And phone psychics.

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Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:16 AM

CAPTAINCRUNCH

... stay crunchy...


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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
And people (still) believe him because he told them so??


There's a reason snake oil salesmen make money.

And phone psychics.



And reality tv show hosts.

I think what's funny is the number of "men" who hate Hillary Clinton so much they don't have problem with their president being Putin's c*ck holster. I bet their dad's would smack them silly if they knew.

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Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:24 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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...being Putin's c*ck holster.-GSTTRING
Jeez. Despite there being no evidence of collusion, you still cling to the fantasy?

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:19 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
And people (still) believe him because he told them so??


There's a reason snake oil salesmen make money.

And phone psychics.



And reality tv show hosts.

I think what's funny is the number of "men" who hate Hillary Clinton so much they don't have problem with their president being Putin's c*ck holster. I bet their dad's would smack them silly if they knew.



That sure sounds like a homophobic slur to me.

Not as bad as Marco's all out hate speech against homosexuals a week ago, but I find it quite amusing that you so called progressives seem to hate gays so much.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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