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vincentML -> RE: The Death of an Icon (1/17/2017 11:04:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
I'm old enough to remember the Watergate scandal of 1972-'74.
Woodward and Bernstein have always been symbols of a gold standard to which I aspire.
So, it was with some ... true grief that I heard one of my "mentors" (whether he knows he is or not) seem to betray his own standards:
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ORIGINAL: Carl Bernstein
She does it every day; she has been an anonymous source for the last 10 months particularly during this campaign when it suits her. And it’s time to talk about what we do as journalists and what propaganda ministers do, and that is what she is, a propaganda minister,” he added.
It's just weird, seeing the guy who brought down an administration, based upon "unattributed" pieces in the press, decry "anonymous sources".
It makes me sad.
Michael
You left out the main point of Bernstein's remarks:
CNN did not report on the unsubstantiated claims that were contained in the BuzzFeed dump. Instead, the news network reported that the intelligence community had briefed Trump, President Barack Obama and eight members of Congress on the allegations that Russia had information on the president-elect that could undermine him.
That did not stop Conway from misleading the public, telling her followers on Twitter that CNN was promoting the BuzzFeed leak, even though CNN personalities such as Jake Tapper disparaged BuzzFeed’s document dump.
Apparently Ms Conway is lying sack of shit.
And where did Bernstein "decry anonymous sources?"
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