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BREAKING: Another Comey Memo has been found

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RichardPeterJohnson said:
It's funny how you wingnuts continue to harp on "sources". Are you really that naive? The press has been reporting news on administrations since the beginning of the country based on anonymous sources. Watergate was cracked by the press based on anonymous sources. So was Iran-contra. It seems to me that the only "fake news" out there is from Fox News and Breitbart,each of whom are not interested in the truth. They are interested in promoting and protecting conservatives at all costs. Anything other than that is "fake" according to them. And their audience of deplorables is too ignorant and too lazy to actually consider the facts. Sure, the press gets it wrong now and then. But the NY Times and the WashPo don't have dozens of Pulitzers for disseminating falsehoods. You people refuse to accept the truth.
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It's interesting you would cite the example of the media's reporting on watergate RPJ. If you remember, those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials. In fact if you watch the famous movie rendition about their investigative Journalism, "all the President's men" the entire story is about how painstaking and difficult it was for them to tie the story down based only on annoymous sources!

Often times they wanted to report 'leaks' or 'tips' without corroboration and Editor Ben Bradley made them go back and get sourced confirmations of their allegations before their stories were published.

There is nothing even remotely close to their detailed and thorough reporting compared to this side show going on now with the media and Trump. The New York Times publishes a story about a memo allegedly read to them over the phone by a former Comey aide who alleges obstruction of justice on the part of the President of the United States? This is reported as FACT?

Do youself a favor RPJ and go watch that movie, it might give you some perspective over how far the 4th estate has fallen.
 
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It's interesting you would cite the example of the media's reporting on watergate RPJ. If you remember, those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials. In fact if you watch the famous movie rendition about their investigative Journalism, "all the President's men" the entire story is about how painstaking and difficult it was for them to tie the story down based only on annoymous sources!

Often times they wanted to report 'leaks' or 'tips' without corroboration and Editor Ben Bradley made them go back and get sourced confirmations of their allegations before their stories were published.

There is nothing even remotely close to their detailed and thorough reporting compared to this side show going on with the media and Trump. The New York Times publishes a story about a memo allegedly read to them over the phone by a former Comey aide who alleges obstruction of justice on the part of the President of the United States? This is reported as FACT?

Do youself a favor RPJ and go watch that movie, it might give you some perspective over how far the 4th estate has fallen.
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"those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials."

I stopped reading right there because you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I've read every book Bob Woodward ever wrote. You could not be more wrong.
 
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RichardPeterJohnson said:
"those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials."

I stopped reading right there because you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I've read every book Bob Woodward ever wrote. You could not be more wrong.
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Their sources weren't named, you are correct RPJ. But the information their sources alleged were indeed confirmed and corroroborated by officials who backed their serious charges. The difference if you care to be honest is their reporting wasn't shot down the very next day after publishing by principles named in their allegations. It was all confirmed and their thoroughness in doing the digging and obtaining the back ups good investigative reporters are trained to acquire was testament to their professionalism.

The reporting today compared to their work is the activity of incompetents.
 
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Their sources weren't named, you are correct RPJ. But the information their sources alleged were indeed confirmed and corroroborated by officials who backed their serious charges. The difference if you care to be honest is their reporting wasn't shot down the very next day after publishing by principles named in their allegations. It was all confirmed and their thoroughness in doing the digging and obtaining the back ups good investigative reporters are trained to acquire was testament to their professionalism.

The reporting today compared to their work is the activity of incompetents.
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That's not what you said. You said "on the record". Big difference. Do you think today's reporters at the WashPo and NY Times are relying only on a single anon source? I'm certain that they aren't. Anyway, I usually avoid replying to your idiotic posts but this one was something I could resist.
 
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RichardPeterJohnson said:
"those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials."

I stopped reading right there because you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I've read every book Bob Woodward ever wrote. You could not be more wrong.
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I have you pegged as more of a Carl Bernstein guy. Ol Bob seems to be an unlikely voice of reason these days while Carl is off somewhere in the "Outer Limits".
 
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RichardPeterJohnson said:
You said "on the record". Big difference.
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I said the information fed to them by "unnamed sources" was backed up by officials who confirmed their allegations by "on the record" sourced corroboration RPJ..

Can you give me an example of something in ANY of these Trump allegations that comes even approximately close? All we get are unnamed sources...anyone back them up?

How many "sourced" confirmations of the major allegations in negative stories being peddled by the media about Trump have been backed up by Trump administration officials or even confirmed RPJ?

Just one will do...even though we know according to the media today Trump's administration is a cesspool of corruption.

John Dean backed up "deep throat's" allegation that Nixon had recording devices inside the WH. Who has backed up Comey's aid's charge that Trump "obstructed justice" RPJ?

Go ahead and ignore this post too because I know it's an "idiotic" question you simply are unable to answer and THAT is why you won't respond to it truth be told.
 
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