Marcy Wheeler, also known as @emptywheel, appeared on a panel today at Columbia University and shed additional light on her decision to voluntarily hand over a source to the FBI. I was so honored to be able to ask her a question. Here's the exchange:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkkl_RbCKig …
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I also thought it was notable that Marcy disclosed she has "ties, certainly, in the Democratic Party." I'm curious about the full nature and scope of those "ties"
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I can post the full discussion if people want (though I think Columbia will be posting it at some point). I still find it incredible that
@keithgessen, moderating a panel about journalism in the era of Trump/Russia, failed to ask Ben Smith about the debunked Michael Cohen story13 replies 23 retweets 133 likesShow this thread -
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I’m confused. Do you mean the story about Trump telling Cohen to lie? I asked him about it twice—some variant of, what was it like to get corrected by Mueller? And he answered. Is there another Cohen story you’re referring to?
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You didn't ask about the fact that it has now been definitively debunked, and that the reporters stood by it for almost five months before finally admitting it was wrong last week. So you asked about tangential aspects of it, but not the core issue of the "debunking"
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Ah, so I did ask him about it. Do you want to correct your tweet?
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Sure, I'll add a clarification.
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