Discussion: NYT Report On No Trump-Russia Link Led Steele To Cut Off Contact With FBI

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I’ll never forgive the NYT for that story and how it misrepresented the reality of the situation. Now we find out the story not only had the effect of misinforming typical news consumers, but it led Steele to change his approach to his inquiry. It’s possible that decision by Steel was in fact a good one, since his instincts regarding anti-HRC factions in the FBI were correct. However, that story by NYT was perhaps second only to the Comey nothingburger in turning HRC’s lead into an ultimate loss.

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Fixed: Grassley said Feinstein’s decision to release the transcript “undermines our attempt to undermine the integrity of the committee’s oversight work.”

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The NYT really seems to favor anti-American agendas at critical moments. WMDs!!

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I hope we never forget how complicit the NY Times was in the election of Donald Trump. Not only did they endlessly attack Hillary using implications of wrongdoing throughout the campaign, they ran that bogus story just days before the election exonerating Trump from Russia collusion.

I don’t think the NY Times catches nearly enough heat for their role in what’s happening to our country. Even too many liberals buy into the ridiculous right-wing caricature of the NYT as a “liberal”-biased publication.

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No doubt! Judith Miller is exhibit #1, despite her stint in the clink for protecting a source.

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With Maggie Haberman on staff, constantly posting proTrump snark on twitter, appearing on CNN without revealing her contract with Trump, totally compromises New York Times, along with their irresponsible Hillary coverage.

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That and the fact that they actually keep David Brooks on payroll and hired that climate change denier columnist right after the election… facepalm

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Wasn’t there a NYC based FBI group in cahoots with Rudy Giuliani during the campaign? Were they feeding the NY Times bogus info for the Oct 31, 2016 story?

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So the NYT is made to look like the assholes they were during the election once more. Yeah, let’s see you guys finesse your way out of this one, NYT, especially Maggie Hazlenut and Glenn “Champion of Women’s Rights” Thrush.
Maybe we can finally stop calling them the liberal journalistic bastion that they never were since the Clinton administration and the 50,000,000 words they wrote about the Whitewater non-scandal.
Oh, and fuck Maureen Dowd, too, that prissy bitch.

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The Grey Lady has round heels.

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Feinstein’s release of the transcript may finally result in something no prescribed or over-the-counter medication has been able to do for Charles Grassley: a bowel movement after being constipated for about 700 years, since he is now shitting in his pants.

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The plot sickens.

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They’re gonna need a bigger shovel.

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I don’t have the link at the moment but the NYT is STILL—as of a week or two ago—defending the No Clear Link to Russia article, claiming, incredibly, that it was essentially true.

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Was that a Maggie Haberman ‘special’ I think it was?

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I would expect the Washington Post to take due note of this. The NYT really screwed the pooch on this one.

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There is not much good about the NYT anymore.

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An opinion you share with our illustrious insane president.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) had argued against making it public and referred Steele to the FBI for allegedly lying to federal investigators about his contacts with the media. Grassley said Feinstein’s decision to release the transcript “undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work.”

Lately, I’ve come to the conclusion that the horrid look on Senators Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley’s faces last year (after a closed-door briefing on just what our IC knew of Russian efforts to affect our presidential election and Trump’s collusion with Putin) is most likely due to what they saw either implicates Grassley directly or comes damn close to doing so.

Chuck Grassley is no patriot – he is an anti-American, traitorous entity that needs to be brought to proper justice.

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