This is the most stunning comment I've heard a news executive say. If as journalists you're not equipped to investigate, what exactly is it that you? Just regurgitate what the actual "investigators" (CIA, FBI, Homeland Security) tell you?https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1110382144390656000 …
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Replying to @JordanChariton
Most everyone else knows exactly what he was talking about -- that journalists aren't federal investigators with Mueller type powers.
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Replying to @brianstelter
That's the whole point in the critique of CNN, MSNBC and others' coverage of this story--if you're not investigators, why do segment after segment, day after day, month after month, year after year basically speculating about the "walls closing in" on collusion?
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Replying to @JordanChariton @brianstelter
I don't think the criticism is about coverage of Manafort, Flynn, Cohen, etc--all should have been covered. It was projecting unrelated stories/reaching on many others to push a narrative of collusion--when the most basic research and common sense didn't support that
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Replying to @JordanChariton @brianstelter
Consider Brian...CNN (and others) ran with
@guardian story that Manafort met with Julian Assange after becoming campaign chairman....to this day, that story has ZERO evidence of its core element/charge being true. In fact, there's evidence to suggest it's false. Yet, it's still4 replies 7 retweets 31 likes -
up & CNN nor anyone else who ran with it never corrected. There's countless others like it. I think there's a subconscious arrogance at CNN and elsewhere (
@donlemon arrogantly shrugged off attacks on the "mainstream media) for it's Russian collusion coverage/critiques against it2 replies 2 retweets 24 likes
It's a really bad look.
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