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http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/08/02/carl-bernstein-rips-ny-times-for-erroneus-clint/204713
Carl Bernstein Rips NY Times For Erroneous Clinton Email Story: "It Was A Travesty"
Bernstein: "It Was A Reportorial And Institutional Failure Of The Kind We Rarely See. Hopefully We Won't See It Again"
Video August 2, 2015 12:47 PM EDT MEDIA MATTERS STAFF
From the August 2 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources:
ericson00
(2,707 posts)nice try, media
SunSeeker
(51,772 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:15 AM - Edit history (1)
Here are the pdfs of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) letter(s) on the OIG website: https://oig.state.gov/system/files/esp-15-04-05.pdf
As you can see, these OIG letters are about the proper way for the State Department to review the emails for disclosure in response to FOIA requests. It has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton's handling of the emails. The very last page of the above OIG pdf link is the June 29, 2015 letter, which is attached as an exhibit to their July 17, 2015 letter at the above OIG link. This June 29, 2015 letter is what the NYT had initially described as a "criminal referral" regarding Clinton's handling of her emails. As you can see from that letter, it had nothing to do with Hillary's handling of the emails.
It is clear the NYT never bothered to actually READ the letter before printing what some unnamed source (Trey Gowdy?) claimed it said.