CNN CAUGHT ON HIDDEN CAMERA ADMITS TRUMP RUSSIA STORY FAKE

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    A CNN source pointed to the fact that Bonifield is not directly involved in CNN’s breaking news or investigative reporting on the Trump-Russia connection, which is the subject of multiple federal investigations. The source noted that employees frequently have differing opinions about editorial coverage decision and that CNN has internal processes for staffers to make their concerns known.

    O’Keefe is known for his undercover video operations designed to discredit and embarrass Democratic politicians and liberal advocacy groups.
    http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/president-trump-cnn-bash-james-okeefe-russia-video-1202479313/

    John Bonifield is a supervising producer for the CNN Medical Unit, working primarily with CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.

    Bonifield isn't saying anything hat hasn't been said 100 times by Trump and his friends. Here is the essence of what Bonifield said.

    “Like, we don’t have any giant proof. Then they say, well there’s still an investigation going on. And you’re like, yeah, I don’t know. If they were finding something, we would know about it. The way these leaks happen, they would leak it. They’d leak. If it was something really good, it would leak.”

    “The leaks,” he said, “keep leaking and there’s so many great leaks, and it’s amazing. I just refuse to believe that if they had something really good like that, that [it] wouldn’t leak because we’ve been getting all these other leaks. So, I just feel like they don’t really have it but they want to keep digging. And so I think the president is probably right to say, like, look you are witch hunting me. You have no smoking gun. You have no real proof.”

    So, according to Bonifield, since there are no leaks, there is no evidence of collusion between Trump's staff and the Russians. That is ludicrous and his statements totally ignore one important fact.

    Up until now all the evidence, all the testimony in closed hearings, is in the hands of the Republican-led DOJ headed by staunch Trump supporter, Jeff Sessions and the Republican House Committees and the Republican Senate Committees all determined to protect the Republican President.

    It's sort of like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Republicans don't want the beans being spilled and they control the beans.

    All that changes now with the independent special prosecutor. A reasonable person would wait until we hear his conclusions before making any decisions.
     
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    The average Joe can see through CNN's BS, too. Why can't you intellectuals?
     
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    The problem with indoctrination is that it causes one to blow a fuse when contrary facts arrive.



    Just to recap. You made the claim that journalists are proving their liberal bias because they are so critical of Trump. I pointed out that it is not their liberalism but their intelligence that makes them so contemptible of Trump. To put it in plebeian terms, journalists are smart enough to see that la Trump is an idiot and a liar.

    You are the one that has been trying to turn this into a we are better than you contest, and you seem to be losing. Real world data not exactly being your friend.

    Of all the congressional districts, in terms of education levels, nine of the top ten are represented by Democrats.

    Strictly speaking I am not a Democrat, although I am a liberal. In the the grand scheme of things, pick a technology, it has always been liberal leaning individuals who have been bringing innovations, thus improving the human condition. It has always been conservatives who try so desperately to drag us backwards. Name one idea that has come from conservatives that moved society forward.

    Without liberals there would be no computers, no internet, no cell phones, no modern medicine, no clean water, no modern farming, no television, no electric lighting, no cars......
     
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    All manner of Republicans, in the white house and in congress, are complaining about leaks. Leaks are rampant throughout the Republican controlled government.

    How is it that they are being so successful in stopping leaks regarding this one subject?
     
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    I don't watch CNN.
     
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    This is an unsupportable assumption on your part.
     
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    I disagree with you here, they are basically creating news instead of covering it and really amping up the worst problem in the country which is common rhetoric between people
     
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    If you'd like to respond to what I actually said, Id be more than happy to respond. I see no use in replying to what amounts to a non sequitur. This is 2 posts in a row. You REALLY must not have liked your position in our actual debate.
     
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    In the end, I'm sure, it will be revealed that, even though la Trump and company will have profited from Russian connections, Trump, through his obvious personal shortcomings, was used by Putin.

    If Putin wanted to help put the most incompetent person possible in office, the last person he'd want to tell would be the incompetent boob who would just screw it up.

    However the FBI investigation was into Russian interference. la Trump made it about himself. It is la Trump clown show that is getting ratings. His, and his underlings, continually changing stories make them seem less than innocent.
     
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    As time goes by, Mr President is always proven right. Anyone that watches CNN can see right through him. Silly Don Lemon gets so offended if anyone criticizes the media and always states he hopes they are not talking about him because he always reports both sides, blah, blah, blah. CNN IS fake news.
     
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    Like I said, the problem with indoctrination is it makes it difficult to accept the fact that it does not square with reality.
     
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    I don't think anyone is creating news about the investigation into Russia's interference in the US elections. It is being investigated, and apparently even President Obama knew about it last year.
     
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    The notion that the media is liberal is FAR from being indoctrination. It is obvious, and few inside the business even bother to dispute that notion. This has been documented both by following campaign contributions FROM the media, and in assessing the number of left positive versus right positive stories that get air time. Of course none of those analysis are required for anyone that is intellectually honest from either side, because in reality it is like saying that water is wet. Of course on balance the media is Liberal.

    There is a reason that you see the right complaining of the mainstream media bias while the left does not. If partisans from one side argue that the media is fair, and partisans from the other side argue that it is not, by the nature of partisans, you cant rest assured that it is not fair. If it were truly fair, you would see both sides arguing that it is unfair. Even you have acknowledged that it is biased by trying to say that it is an intellectual rather than partisan bias. So lets drop the notion that it is not biased and that claims of bias are merely an outgrowth of indoctrination. While you are making that argument, your words show that even YOU don't believe your argument. There is no greater waste of time than debating someone that is blatantly intellectually dishonest
     
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    The Corporate Media reports Trump's incompetence because it's profitable! What discovery!

    So...?
     
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    I understand they've fired 3 people so far trying to save face, but these policies come from the very top of the organization .
     
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    WOW ! That's the best 180 degree spin I've seen put on this story. Do you trolll for every left wing cause on the net ?! There must be several of you using this I.D. You couldn't keep up otherwise !
     
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    Higher-ups at CNN are cracking down after another botched story regarding President Trump and Russia.

    The network retracted and deleted a story late last week that claimed Anthony Scaramucci, who served on Trump’s transition team, was under FBI investigation for a meeting he had with a Russian executive. That story, which was based off of one unnamed congressional source, was false.

    No one should publish any content involving Russia without coming to me and Jason,” CNNMoney executive editor Rich Barbieri said in an email obtained by BuzzFeed. “This applies to social, video, editorial, and MoneyStream. No exceptions.” The “Jason” referred to in the email is a vice president at CNN, according to BuzzFeed. CNN has had an oftentimes adversarial relationship with the Trump administration and the president has taken to referring to the network as “fake news.”

    All four bylines, including that of anchor Jake Tapper and chief political analyst Gloria Borger, were originally removed from the rewritten story but were later added back in after an inquiry from The Daily Caller.....snip~

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/25/r...-russia-coverage-after-another-botched-story/


    The higher ups are cracking down. There goes the lefts lame excuse out of Hundreds of Producers and just the Medical Producer being the only one talking about whats going on with CNN.

    Naturally they don't like it that CNN is all caught up with the Russian BS and being shown for their Bias against Republicans.

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    This is a massive insane spin from what the original story from the left was, actually that is like 5th rendition of the story.

    THAT is why it is getting old and yes, they do have effect on the law like was seen in the Comey hearing. He was blatantly swayed by media and public perception, which is exactly what this is.

    I don't care which side you are for, this type of crap should be denounced as "media" in our country
     
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    Which explains why many liberals are finding it difficult to accept that CNN and others were leading them on with fake news.
     
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    And that the popular vote does not determine the outcome of a Presidential election.
     
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    Comey's BFF !
     
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    You're living in a wishful thinking fantasy world ! To steal a moniker from Gotti , PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE NEW TEFLON DON !!!![/QUOTE]
     
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    Yeah, but is a political hit job for money a slip or an outright crime?
     
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    The reason Republican voters complain about the media is because that is the way cults work. Only they know the truth and everyone else is wrong. How else are they going to get you to believe all the silliness conservatives believe. Of course journalist are liberals. They are educated individuals exploring empirical evidence. No wonder conservatives want to shut them up.
     
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    It's neither. It's a business plan.
     
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