PEOPLE GET SUBPOENAS, SHIT GETS REAL": WHAT JOHN EDWARDS SHOULD TEACH THE MEDIA ABOUT COVERING TRUMP
PEOPLE GET SUBPOENAS, SHIT GETS REAL”: WHAT JOHN EDWARDS SHOULD TEACH THE MEDIA ABOUT COVERING TRUMP
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When BuzzFeed News published the Steele dossier, in January of 2017, much of the media universe rushed to condemn the release of an unverified document that made a series of explosive accusations about Donald Trump and his campaign’s dealings with Russia. Never mind that the claims included in the dossier are a key piece of the special counsel’s investigation into Trump, or that the dossier was being circulated around the highest levels of American government on the cusp of a new presidency. There was a righteous journalism debate to be had! Brian Stelter of CNN compared BuzzFeed to WikiLeaks. NBC’s Chuck Todd told BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith: “You just published fake news.” Even Bob Woodward, the high priest of investigative journalism, lashed the dossier, calling it “a garbage document.”.....
It was a weird look for the news media: opting to give Trump—a man with a decades-long record of telling mistruths, double-dealing, obscuring facts, dodging responsibility, and trashing journalists—the benefit of the doubt over a news organization working in the public’s interest to keep powerful people accountable.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/what-john-edwards-should-teach-the-media-about-covering-trump
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