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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 Jan 2017
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted MSNBC

      Ben Smith's rationale for publishing the "dodgy dossier" is worth listening to, whether or not you ultimately agree.https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/819316938811719683 …

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      .@chucktodd goes one-on-one with Buzzfeed News Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith over decision to release Trump dossier http://snpy.tv/2jwPpef 
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 Jan 2017
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      I still think the "net effect" of publishing this is that more people believe false information, but there are reasonable counter-arguments.

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 Jan 2017
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      Q. to be grappled with: why do Ben Smith & McCain get to see this doc -- being circulated at highest levels of Govt. -- but not the public?

      7:21 PM - 11 Jan 2017
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        2. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 11 Jan 2017
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          Especially if it's actually shaping officials' behavior. The fact that *this* is the document's content seems significant.

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        3. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 11 Jan 2017
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          I think Buzzfeed could have done a way better job with how they framed it, but the doc itself is news.

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        1. Mike‏ @nauernotmauer 11 Jan 2017
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          Why does Buzzfeed have access to documents circulating the highest levels of government?

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        2. DeaRiley 🇺🇸 #MAGA #Trump2020 #KAG‏ @DeaRiley 11 Jan 2017
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          why would any document, unverified, questionable n proven fake be circulated at all by a US Senator and hack guised as a journalist

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        1. Jasper Coolidge  🇺🇸‏ @jaspercoolidge 11 Jan 2017
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          I don't need to see their used toliet paper either.

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        1. Ricky L‏ @YoHi64 11 Jan 2017
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          Because we would have had the same reaction we're having today. "IT'S FAKE NEWS!"

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        1. Bonnie Kavoussi‏Verified account @bkavoussi 11 Jan 2017
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          The claim is the public can't handle it, which is hard to reconcile with democracy, where everyone has political power thru voting.

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        1. The H2‏ @TheH2 11 Jan 2017
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          related question: does the seeming exclusivity add to the illusion of seriousness?

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        1. David Gondek‏ @mutex7 11 Jan 2017
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          McCain made certain the document was "circulated at the highest levels". It's a circular argument w/ no ethics by anyone involved.

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        2. Rich Puchalsky Ⓐ‏ @RichPuchalsky 11 Jan 2017
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          This doc seems to be what all the Russian agent accusations were based on. And the doc is clearly nutty. Surely that's newsworthy

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        3. Rich Puchalsky Ⓐ‏ @RichPuchalsky 11 Jan 2017
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          And you can't see how nutty it is unless you read it. If you summarize it, it can be made to sound as if it may be credible

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        1. Josh‏ @josh24601 11 Jan 2017
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          Problem is not that they published it full-stop, but that they did so (purposely) with zero independent fact checking. #Journalism

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        1. Melissa  👻 Scare-iga‏ @MelissaAGarriga 11 Jan 2017
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          I like the decision but in fake news hysteria no one is critically thinking why they did so essentially it was harmful/ineffective

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        2. BenaissanceMan‏ @BenaissanceMan 11 Jan 2017
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          My problem isn't the ethics, it's that Buzzfeed is not a source with contingency to backup any claims, nor a good reputation...

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        3. BenaissanceMan‏ @BenaissanceMan 11 Jan 2017
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          That's why I see WL posting something credible, not Buzzfeed, and the holes in this story are compounding, never happened for WL.

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        1. Sir John Salmond‏ @johnsalmond 11 Jan 2017
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          SURE, release it, but explain why it is transparently phoney, explain who wrote it and who is promoting it.

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