Here's yet another amazing Trump/Russia media failure that's been forgotten. Bear with me for a sec, because this one is truly unbelievable. Cast your mind back to Oct. 7, 2016: the day the Access Hollywood tape came out, and also when WikiLeaks started publishing Podesta emails
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A pro-Clinton troll that I vaguely recognized replied to my tweet with what was obviously a fake screenshot. The idea, I presumed, was to sow doubt about the veracity of the leaked material. (It was all 100% authentic, as we now know.)pic.twitter.com/7MZcrD5TST
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The troll had a track record of posting fake material on Twitter designed to undermine legitimate criticism of Hillary. So the troll would tweet wild, fact-free allegations about Hillary so as to portray her critics as deranged. He would cite as a source his "fake news" website.pic.twitter.com/QeGsiBlCrc
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The troll's tweet to me, with the fake Goldman Sachs transcript, ended up getting some traction evidently -- meaning people retweeted it. Eventually it was cited by... Malcolm Nance. MSNBC's chief "Intelligence Expert." After which Joy Reid tweeted it. Then David Frum.pic.twitter.com/xS763ElwVA
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They used this random troll tweet as evidence that the WikiLeaks material had been doctored or fabricated. It was a total lie. Everything published was 100% real. But this then became a meme throughout the national media. Based on nothing but a pro-Clinton troll's tweet to me.
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Nance, Reid, and Frum never apologized or clarified the falsehoods they propagated. And why would they? There's no accountability in elite media. But that's not the end of the story. This next thing, which came a few weeks later, is the craziest part.
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The pro-Clinton troll -- an admitted purveyor of fake news, whose mission was to spread as much disinformation as possible on the internet so he could make money -- was rewarded. With a column. In the Daily Beast. I swear to God, I'm not making this up. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ive-been-making-viral-fake-news-for-the-last-six-months-its-way-too-easy-to-dupe-the-right-on-the-internet …pic.twitter.com/vKeMRtwwNN
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The Daily Beast decided to combat the problem of fake news and online disinformation by giving one of the absolute worst offenders column space to brag about it. Could there be a more ridiculously perverse set of incentives for a major media organization to foster?pic.twitter.com/fEKascjrVj
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Ultimately, this was a minor episode. (I was never contacted for comment, despite being maligned in the troll's article.) But it was one small insight into how elite US media, in the throes of Trump and Russia-induced insanity, decided to throw all their standards out the window.
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I remember that, and more. It's why they made up the RUSSIA RUSSIA hoax, because those emails had some damning stuff inside. And to this very day, there hasn't been any discussion about the contents of the emails. Russiagate worked, as the misdirection that it was.
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100% this!! The content of the emails, the questions surrounding the other deleted emails were no longer important. The real crime was obscured
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Yeah, you’re pretty obviously
@emptywheel’s dude. Can’t wait for@fbi to come knockingpic.twitter.com/jifrIo4APc - End of conversation
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I like where this is going
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Only in the echo chamber of arrogant uber-elitism could the Clinton/Blankfein be viewed as anything other than disgustingly gross. Your aim is true, Michael. Stay on target! PS - you don't have to win every battle. Give yourself room to breathe occasionally.
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it would make he rlook bad and prove bernie's point anout her and doldman sachs.she is worried about people mad at the goldman sachs people or world jesus.
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Awe! Remember
#IwillLookIntoIt dot com. The ticker stayed up for a year I believe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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More people need to do thes waybacks. It’s really amazing and they have done their best to make us forget.
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Am I missing something? She lost right?
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@wikileaks has the most accurate reporting in history. They've never been wrong. America owes Julian big time, in my opinion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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