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Rosenstein warns Americans to 'exercise caution' about anonymous reports

joG said:
I always have been careful of anonymous news. But you used to be relatively sure of its having been well vetted, if nyt or wp published it. That he is seemingly warning of publications in the wp is interesting in confirming my impression.
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You have to admit, the current method of confirming sources -- reporting the story and letting Trump confirm it the next morning in a series of angry tweets -- has been remarkably effective.
 
americanwoman said:
I agree but the only way to do that is to make them do it and I don't support that.

So the best option is to have a better educated populace that can do more than just take whatever crazy headline they read at face value.
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We can make them do it by holding them accountable. you don't need government you need the populace to push back on the papers and the media.
phone calls, complaints, etc ...
 
ludin said:
We can make them do it by holding them accountable. you don't need government you need the populace to push back on the papers and the media.
phone calls, complaints, etc ...
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Trump just confirmed the Washington Post story citing unnamed officials that Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice. :lol:

And he did it while trashtalking Rosenstein. Would that be a twofer?
 
americanwoman said:
What do you want to do then? Regulate the media and make it a law to have every single source named? More government in the media?
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The people are able to see through the bull****. That's part of the reason for a disasterois past 7 years, electorally speaking, for the Democrats.

Leftist radio and cable news either go out of business, or are at the bottom of the ratings. The market has and will hold them accountable.
 
It really constitutes a test of Mueller's professionalism.
Does he give a sh*t about leaks from his people and what's he doing about them?
... on the other hand ...
If the leaks aren't from his people then WE shouldn't give a sh*t about them because they're not leaks, they're wishful propaganda.
 
Cardinal said:
Trump just confirmed the Washington Post story citing unnamed officials that Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice. :lol:

And he did it while trashtalking Rosenstein. Would that be a twofer?
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Ok...that's one. Out of how many?
 
apdst said:
Ok...that's one. Out of how many?
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Where's your incredulity for the guy who just blamed Rosenstein for recommending he fire Comey after admitting in a televised interview and to Russians privately that he fired Comey to end the Russian investigation?
 
American said:
Rosenstein warns Americans to 'exercise caution' about anonymous reports | Fox News



He must have been reading the partisanship at DP. :lol:
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I think he was reminding people of Comey's testimony that crushed the fake news media and the yellow journalism they embrace.

It seems interesting the left's media would come out of the gate so quickly with more "anonymous source" BS, given how they were shown to be liars before.

More interesting yet, their target audience laps it up again.
 
Cardinal said:
You have to admit, the current method of confirming sources -- reporting the story and letting Trump confirm it the next morning in a series of angry tweets -- has been remarkably effective.
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For believers it probably feels like the second coming.
 
haymarket said:
We live in the age where we have news outlets with a viewpoint .... and that works both ways.

I respectfully suggest that we have already gone far beyond the idea that there is nothing there. If there is nothing there than why is a central figure - Michael Flynn - trying so mightily to make a deal to save himself? If there is nothing there - what could Flynn have to offer?
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I dont think wanting immunity proves he is guilty of some nefarious crime. He might be, or he may want to ensure that he is protected from being caught up in a political witch hunt.

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ocean515 said:
I think he was reminding people of Comey's testimony that crushed the fake news media and the yellow journalism they embrace.

It seems interesting the left's media would come out of the gate so quickly with more "anonymous source" BS, given how they were shown to be liars before.

More interesting yet, their target audience laps it up again.
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As I said, Trump just confirmed the Washington Post story citing unnamed officials that Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice.

And he did it while trashtalking Rosenstein. Would that be a twofer?
 
bubbabgone said:
It really constitutes a test of Mueller's professionalism.
Does he give a sh*t about leaks from his people and what's he doing about them?
... on the other hand ...
If the leaks aren't from his people then WE shouldn't give a sh*t about them because they're not leaks, they're wishful propaganda.
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I was reading my tea leaves just this morning, and then I discovered I was having coffee and not tea. Don't know what that crap in the bottom of the cup was, but now I'm worried about the dishwasher.
 
trouble13 said:
I dont think wanting immunity proves he is guilty of some nefarious crime. He might be, or he may want to ensure that he is protected from being caught up in a political witch hunt.

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That's funny because when there was talk of Clinton's IT specialist getting immunity, that's all we heard about from righties is how that proved he and Clinton were guilty. Now you guys are like "Oh it's not proof of guilt, he's just trying to protect himself". Funny how partisanship works like that.
 
humbolt said:
I was reading my tea leaves just this morning, and then I discovered I was having coffee and not tea. Don't know what that crap in the bottom of the cup was, but now I'm worried about the dishwasher.
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You're on a roll today and I'm lovin' it.
 
haymarket said:
We live in the age where we have news outlets with a viewpoint .... and that works both ways.

I respectfully suggest that we have already gone far beyond the idea that there is nothing there. If there is nothing there than why is a central figure - Michael Flynn - trying so mightily to make a deal to save himself? If there is nothing there - what could Flynn have to offer?
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Light him on fire. If he burns...hes a witch.. Throw him off a cliff...If he flies...hes a witch...Dunk him with stones in the ocean...if he floats...hes a witch....

Ok all thats done...now what?.....Lunch!
 
Cardinal said:
Trump just confirmed the Washington Post story citing unnamed officials that Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice. :lol:

And he did it while trashtalking Rosenstein. Would that be a twofer?
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and how many did they get wrong before that? all of them.
 
akyron said:
Light him on fire. If he burns...hes a witch.. Throw him off a cliff...If he flies...hes a witch...Dunk him with stones in the ocean...if he floats...hes a witch....

Ok all thats done...now what?.....Lunch!
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what do we do with witches? burn them burn them.
so what else burns? wood
what else does wood do? it floats it floats.
precisely.

now what else floats? small pebbles, a duck.
correct so if she weighs as much as a duck she must float and then she is made out of wood and therefore a witch.
and what do we do with witches? burn them.

pretty much the logic being applied here.
 
ludin said:
and how many did they get wrong before that? all of them.
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What a remarkable claim. Do you have remarkable evidence to support that?
 
akyron said:
Light him on fire. If he burns...hes a witch.. Throw him off a cliff...If he flies...hes a witch...Dunk him with stones in the ocean...if he floats...hes a witch....

Ok all thats done...now what?.....Lunch!
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The term "witch hunt" has been so thoroughly abused that by the time our nation's students are finally assigned The Crucible, they're going to think, "Huh, an actual witch hunt is a lot more...macabre...than I thought it would be."
 
trouble13 said:
I dont think wanting immunity proves he is guilty of some nefarious crime. He might be, or he may want to ensure that he is protected from being caught up in a political witch hunt.

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Flynn and Trump indicated that wanting immunity indeed was evidence of wrongdoing. They said so several times during the compaign.
 
Cardinal said:
What a remarkable claim. Do you have remarkable evidence to support that?
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No. Its ordinary testimony.Not especially remarkable except in that it was THE ONLY item of interest not leaked.
 
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