What A Mess: Outlets Walk Back Reports About FBI Warning Giuliani On Russia Disinfo

Several outlets that reported last week that the FBI had warned Rudy Giuliani that he was a target of Russia’s disinformation campaign against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden have walked back their reports.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1372375
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Did he need to be warned? They knew what they were doing and who they were doing it with.

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Not to mention, how often do criminals get warned that they’re they’re being investigated for their criminal conduct…?

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Rudy Rudy Rudy… we hardly knew ye.
Seriously now… a decent journalist would try to get accurate information and when it goes wrong they correct the story.\ and announce the correction. That’s not to say OAN is off the hook however.

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Your Corporate Controlled Conservative Press strikes again!

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Why did they get this so wrong? it’s terrible journalism and it undermines whatever case DOJ may have against crazy rudy. Journalistic malpractice

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I thought that sounded odd as well.

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Is it malpractice OR is it deliberate to make sure Screwdy G is let off the hook?

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What you mean Biden is not going to ban beef?

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“Your honor, my client was never warned that he was being targeted by a criminal gang when he solicited their help in robbing the bank.”

Doesn’t seem like a good defense angle.

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Well it will be interesting to learn (if possible) their sources of misinformation.

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Journalism outlets are always in a break-neck race to publish first. They should know that after four years of being on the receiving end of those howls about “fake news” -anything that substantiates that claim works against their mission in the long term. Might I suggest that instead of “first with news” the new mantra should be “news that’s verified?”

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He knew exactly what he was doing, and who was helping him. This will all come out in his trial(s).

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Obviously these reporting errors mean Trump must immediately be reinstalled as President.

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Election results seconds after the polls close are the worst! Why do we need the results so quickly?

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Because we live in an instant gratification society.

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How did you get the lead for tonights Tucker Carlson furrowed brow expose?

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I have lost track but are there any Russia stories that haven’t turned out to be false?

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Because some of us can only hold our breath for so long.

He writes them.

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Yeah, some idiots believe Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Sheesh!

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