Whoever funded it, it was laudable.
Do these people have a highly specialized form or Tourette’s or something? They get stressed and then all they can say is *Clinton!! Obama did it! Bengazi!!! Clinton!!!"
Opposition research is normal people, everyone does it, move on.
(Apologizes to actual people with Tourette’s.)
I am amused by the number of Trumpites (or more probably, Russian bots) who have jumped on the Post story by merely reading the headline and then accusing the Clinton campaign of nefarious acts. Once you read the entire story you can only conclude…old news…and so what?
One side pays for legitimate access to standard oppo research actually instigated by the opposing party. The other side actually colluded with an enemy power for their oppo research. Guess which side Trumpsters have a problem with…
I thought this was already known? We knew a GOP client (likely Jeb and/or others) had initially funded the background info on Trump and that when he won the primary the Clinton campaign had also done work with Fusion GPS. Either way, it’s the message, not the messenger, lets hope the media can keep their eye on what’s important (tip: what’s important has nothing to do with anyone’s morning twitter rant).
WAPO “churnalism"
Pardon me while I engage in sardonic chuckling.
ETA The misleading WAPO headline already gainsays your optimism.
Wish I had known about it. I would have chipped in…
Up next, Thumbs will be flying. Wish he wasn’t constipated; less twitter time for him…
All they have to say is they thought it was about adoption and that should end it.
OT: This is going to be every bit as disastrous to our democracy as the ending of the Fairness Doctrine, if not more so.
We could already infer this from previous news, but this is yet another nail in the Mueller coffin. It would have been helpful if the WaPo had also reported the names of the republicans who initially funded Steele’s research.
The msm is derelect even on informing the public of who Christopher Steele is. Once most people learn his resume they’re not so quick to dismiss his findings. But how many Americans know that Steele has previously worked with the FBI or even that he was a top MI6 Russia expert? In my experience not even many Dems know this! Instead they’re like, oh isn’t he the democratic opposition researcher? Like the guy in House of Cards?
DNC and Hillary funding portions gives Trump supporters to complain about "something is not right ".
You need to trademark that one, Ralph.
No, no.
Term coined by author Nick Davies to describe poor practices of modern day journalists who " churn" or recycle news stories off the wire or internet without appropriate critical investigation.
Much of which corroborated by US intelligence.
That is THE story of this whole thing.
Dammit….wish it had been Bush.
This will cause Mueller to abandon the investigation??
Ummm… so?
You took the comment right off my fingers.
Thank you, Hilary and thank you DNC.