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John Solomon

The Hill finds John Solomon 'failed' to identify key details of sources - POLITICO

I haven t heard anyone quote from a Solomon piece in quite some time.............:thinking
The Hill has an insane way of admmiting one of their chief editors pitching the Ukrainian corruption line was full of ****.

I mean they let him go in October 2019. I thought the admission would come a lot sooner than end of February.

I guess we won't heart from any retired right wing journalists about this guy.



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The Hill has an insane way of admmiting one of their chief editors pitching the Ukrainian corruption line was full of ****.

I mean they let him go in October 2019. I thought the admission would come a lot sooner than end of February.

I guess we won't heart from any retired right wing journalists about this guy.



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No kidding, and it's not like they're admitting anything we don't already know.
 
The Hill finds John Solomon 'failed' to identify key details of sources - POLITICO

I haven t heard anyone quote from a Solomon piece in quite some time.............:thinking

Isn't it funny how omitting certain facts like Yuriy Lutsenko and Victor Shokin both being indicted for corruption, really changes the circumstances of an entire story. Those omissions by Solomon weren't accidental. I barely know who John Solomon is since Fox News is poison to my eyes and ears but I know he's a commentator on Fox.

I have often wondered how Trump supporters here would react if anyone just made up some great big juicy lie about Trump? Of course there's more than enough rotten, conspiratorial and anti-American things he does routinely so there's no need to just make stuff up. But, what if I floated a story about a woman coming forward with DNA proof that she's Trump's love child? What if I came up with a theory along with some of my own made-up facts (the alternative ones) about Trump taking a secret trip to Syria to coordinate with al-Assad the protection of 'our' oil fields in Syria?

These aren't even as outright ridiculous fabrications as the right has conjured up over the past four years. They're always either making **** up or denying real **** happened.

PolitiFact | Who is John Solomon? Here’s what we know about the journalist whose stories shaped the Ukraine saga

Solomon worked for years at the Associated Press and briefly at the Washington Post before moving to the Washington Times, where he was editor in chief. He later spent time at Circa and the Center for Public Integrity before joining The Hill in 2017.

Solomon won an award in 2002 for a series on what law enforcement knew ahead of the Sept. 11 attacks. But media critics also questioned his early work, saying he had a "history of bending the truth to his storyline" and "massaging facts to conjure phantom scandals."

Solomon’s commentary for The Hill has generated the most buzz. In 2017, he played a major role in pushing the inaccurate Uranium One conspiracy, alleging that Hillary Clinton sold a share of America’s uranium to Russia in exchange for a massive donation to the Clinton Foundation.

And, the right swallowed all that bull****, hook line and sinker.
 
"In certain columns, Solomon failed to identify important details about key Ukrainian sources, including the fact that they had been indicted or were under investigation. In other cases, the sources were his own attorneys," The Hill concluded. The Hill also raised questions — which it says remain unanswered — about Solomon's relationships with President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his associate Lev Parnas, who were central figures driving the suggestion of wrongdoing by the Bidens in Ukraine. Though Solomon has claimed he relied on Parnas as a "facilitator" to connect him with sources in Ukraine, Hill staff said the communications uncovered in the House impeachment investigation pointed to deeper ties.

"The true nature and extent of Parnas's role in Solomon's work remain unclear but potentially troubling," they wrote. "While Solomon has insisted that Parnas was simply facilitating contacts or arranging interviews in his native Ukraine, the number of alleged contacts or apparent references to Solomon in emails, text messages and other materials released by Parnas to congressional investigators raises questions about his involvement."


The Hill finds John Solomon 'failed' to identify key details of sources - POLITICO


GOP: D.C., which is half made up of us, is soooo swampy!

Trump: hold my beer.
 
So another words his work was sound is the age where sources tend to be not identified at all.

...a little early for incoherency, just sayin’.......
 
So another words his work was sound is the age where sources tend to be not identified at all.
No, no, that's not what his former employer is saying at all. Reading comprehension is key, even the dims know this.

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article comments at The Hill are pretty funny. i usually end up there reading the flamewars at lunch.
 
The Hill finds John Solomon 'failed' to identify key details of sources - POLITICO

I haven t heard anyone quote from a Solomon piece in quite some time.............:thinking

You may not be aware that he left the Hill months ago and is in the process of starting his own news outlet.

He does have a new website

John Solomon Reports | Reporting Truth

The last story he posted was on January 21 about Biden.

But shortly after that at Real Clear Politics Investigations reported that Solomon's vehicle had be broken into the night before the Senate Impeachment trial which would have been January 15th. He was parked across from the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The bag that contained his laptop, ipod and press pass were stolen. It appears some type of electronic device was used to break into the car. The next day his laptop and other items were found on a bench that is located in a dark spot where there are no security cameras. His iPod was missing.

Solomon, who noted that an iPod was missing from his bag, says he is working with computer forensics experts to determine if any of his laptop information was exploited or if his hard drive was scanned within the period the laptop went missing.

https://www.realclearinvestigations...ive_reporter_john_solomons_laptop_122236.html
There has been nothing in the press about the incident since.
 
You may not be aware that he left the Hill months ago and is in the process of starting his own news outlet.

He does have a new website

John Solomon Reports | Reporting Truth

The last story he posted was on January 21 about Biden.

But shortly after that at Real Clear Politics Investigations reported that Solomon's vehicle had be broken into the night before the Senate Impeachment trial which would have been January 15th. He was parked across from the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The bag that contained his laptop, ipod and press pass were stolen. It appears some type of electronic device was used to break into the car. The next day his laptop and other items were found on a bench that is located in a dark spot where there are no security cameras. His iPod was missing.



https://www.realclearinvestigations...ive_reporter_john_solomons_laptop_122236.html
There has been nothing in the press about the incident since.
Lmao.

Amazing. Another conspiracy around John Solomon.

What a surprise.

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You may not be aware that he left the Hill months ago and is in the process of starting his own news outlet.

He does have a new website

John Solomon Reports | Reporting Truth

The last story he posted was on January 21 about Biden.

But shortly after that at Real Clear Politics Investigations reported that Solomon's vehicle had be broken into the night before the Senate Impeachment trial which would have been January 15th. He was parked across from the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The bag that contained his laptop, ipod and press pass were stolen. It appears some type of electronic device was used to break into the car. The next day his laptop and other items were found on a bench that is located in a dark spot where there are no security cameras. His iPod was missing.

https://www.realclearinvestigations...ive_reporter_john_solomons_laptop_122236.html
There has been nothing in the press about the incident since.

"Break-ins are relatively rare in the high-security area where the crime occurred, just outside the White House perimeter, and a sophisticated device appears to have been used to get into the vehicle."

But the supposed theft (how?) and recovery happened out of camera view, so we just have to take John Solomon's word for everything. How convenient. And then there's the fact that this is being brought up after he was busted for a ton of BS'ing.

We're supposed to stop paying attention to how he helped feed Trump's anti-Biden narrative based on this new distraction? He's a lying liar. Trump is a lying liar. They've been caught repeatedly.

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"Break-ins are relatively rare in the high-security area where the crime occurred, just outside the White House perimeter, and a sophisticated device appears to have been used to get into the vehicle."

But the supposed theft (how?) and recovery happened out of camera view, so we just have to take John Solomon's word for everything. How convenient. And then there's the fact that this is being brought up after he was busted for a ton of BS'ing.

We're supposed to stop paying attention to how he helped feed Trump's anti-Biden narrative based on this new distraction? He's a lying liar. Trump is a lying liar. They've been caught repeatedly.

:shrug:

The reporter that wrote the article got his information from the report filed by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. The article also went on to say Though the laptop has since been recovered, the investigation is still open. “The case has been assigned a detective and is under investigation,” MPD spokesman Sean Hickman told RCI. Reporter learned that the area where the laptop was retrieved is a dark spot for cameras so there is no footage. However, the article says that the Secret Service is involved which could mean where Solomon was parked there could be camera surveillance of the vehicle being broken into due to the proximately of the WH. The article also stated that Solomon was working with computer forensic specialists to see if his computer had been messed with during the time it was missing.

Right now the incident is being investigated and there has been nothing reported on it since.
 
You may not be aware that he left the Hill months ago and is in the process of starting his own news outlet...
That's nice. It doesn't change the fact that he was a reputable journalist 20 years ago, and slid into misinformation and fake controversy and mendacity and conspiracy theories. By 2007, journalists were starting to call him out for inflating the importance or controversy of his own investigative reporting.

As to The Hill? They knew what they were doing. He reported directly to Finkelstein, which put Solomon beyond normal editorial oversight. It was obvious, long before The Hill conducted its own private "internal review," that Solomon was doing the bidding of Giuliani, Parnas and others in pushing conspiracy theories about Ukraine to benefit Trump.

As to the break-in? Solomon shredded his credibility long ago. At this point, no one should take his claims seriously, without thoroughly documented proof -- which, of course, is unsurprisingly missing in this "case."
 
That Politico article raises some questions about it's own interpretation of what's happening in Ukraine. He used Shokin as a source, aaaaand? If you are going to write about a guy why not ask him for his side? A reader can discern for himself if he finds that person and what they have to say credible.

It also says the Biden corruption/Ukraine stuff is a conspiracy theory? Have you seen what's been coming out lately? Solomon is not the only one reporting on the stuff.

At the moment he is being painted as a stooge and a spreader of disinformation. Everything he reported about the Russiagate/FISA abuse was correct. Everything. At the time it was mocked and called disinformation also.

A great documentary series about the Ukraine stuff has been coming out of France called UkraineGate. you can see it here 403 Forbidden

Lots of news footage from Ukraine, interviews with Ukrainian journalists and politicians, documents etc. Amazing what isn't being shown over here.
 
That Politico article raises some questions about it's own interpretation of what's happening in Ukraine. He used Shokin as a source, aaaaand? If you are going to write about a guy why not ask him for his side? A reader can discern for himself if he finds that person and what they have to say credible.

It also says the Biden corruption/Ukraine stuff is a conspiracy theory? Have you seen what's been coming out lately? Solomon is not the only one reporting on the stuff.

At the moment he is being painted as a stooge and a spreader of disinformation. Everything he reported about the Russiagate/FISA abuse was correct. Everything. At the time it was mocked and called disinformation also.

A great documentary series about the Ukraine stuff has been coming out of France called UkraineGate. you can see it here 403 Forbidden

Lots of news footage from Ukraine, interviews with Ukrainian journalists and politicians, documents etc. Amazing what isn't being shown over here.

A little over a week ago there were several articles that the Ukraine government is investigating Biden and others.

Joe Biden under probe in Ukraine for alleged link to top prosecutor’s 2016 ouster: report | Fox News

And it was reported that two U.S. attorneys have been put on investigations pertaining all things Ukraine.

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That's nice. It doesn't change the fact that he was a reputable journalist 20 years ago, and slid into misinformation and fake controversy and mendacity and conspiracy theories. By 2007, journalists were starting to call him out for inflating the importance or controversy of his own investigative reporting.

As to The Hill? They knew what they were doing. He reported directly to Finkelstein, which put Solomon beyond normal editorial oversight. It was obvious, long before The Hill conducted its own private "internal review," that Solomon was doing the bidding of Giuliani, Parnas and others in pushing conspiracy theories about Ukraine to benefit Trump.

As to the break-in? Solomon shredded his credibility long ago. At this point, no one should take his claims seriously, without thoroughly documented proof -- which, of course, is unsurprisingly missing in this "case."

Well it is obvious that you do not read Solomon or you would know he backs up his reporting with documents, video that he uploads to the internet. Right now Solomon's investigative reporting is detrimental to the previous Obama administration. So there has been an all out effort to trash him for it.

I have followed Solomon for years and there have been times Republican administrations didn't much care what his investigations uncovered.

Evidently there is some there there in regard to Ukraine because 2 U.S. attorneys have been assigned to investigate all things Ukraine. And we learned over a week ago that the Ukrainian government is investigating Biden and other Americans during the Obama administration.

Just wondering how are you and others going to deal with reports that the Ukrainian government uncovers persons in the Obama administration were not above board in regard to Ukraine? What if you learn Solomon's reporting was closer to the truth than not?
 
Another interesting thing about the Politico article- before they were publishing articles by Natasha Bertram trashing Trump and calling the Ukraine stuff as conspiracy theories they were saying the opposite.
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire
Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVID STERN 01/11/2017 05:05 AM EST

Donald Trump wasn’t the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country.

Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers, a Politico investigation found.
A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the Democratic National Committee met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

The Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine’s foe to the east, Russia. But they were far less concerted or centrally directed than Russia’s alleged hacking and dissemination of Democratic emails.

Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire - POLITICO
 
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