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Wow! No Mueller report next week? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Feb 2019 OP
Bet that left a mark. MontanaMama Feb 2019 #1
Not surprised mcar Feb 2019 #2
I told all, the squeaky wheel, watoos Feb 2019 #3
Probably South Korea. Volaris Feb 2019 #10
all that "report coming stuff" was probably just Trump and Rudy spin TeamPooka Feb 2019 #4
"They're wrapping it up" "It is winding down" janx Feb 2019 #5
Posted this elsewhere, but it's an intentional strategy by Team Trump NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #6
You seem to be blaming the media for something Trump pulled. Kingofalldems Feb 2019 #7
I blame the media for being dumb enough to keep falling for it. n/t pnwmom Feb 2019 #9
Bingo NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #11
People slammed the original story because of no sources. former9thward Feb 2019 #8
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
3. I told all, the squeaky wheel,
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

Or whatever it is called is more reliable than the 3 cable news networks.
Trump is scared shitless, we can only wonder what he will give away to Kim next week to change the narrative.

TeamPooka

(24,265 posts)
4. all that "report coming stuff" was probably just Trump and Rudy spin
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 05:45 PM
Feb 2019

they keep saying "It's almost over!"
and the MSM just repeats it and then finds out, "Nope, it's not over."

janx

(24,128 posts)
5. "They're wrapping it up" "It is winding down"
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 05:47 PM
Feb 2019

We've been hearing this junk for a year and a half at least.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
6. Posted this elsewhere, but it's an intentional strategy by Team Trump
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 05:49 PM
Feb 2019

The media reports the story based on the rumors, everybody gets excited and anticipates the report. One time, it's ABC, the next time it's NBC or CBS, then it's CNN and then another.

Nothing happens and the investigation continues.

However, the media looks bad for reporting the rumor and it feeds into the Trump narrative of Fake News - why didn't the report come out? FAKE NEWS.

Just like the 2017 rumors of Jared Kushner being indicted "any day now"... still hasn't happened.

And now we have Don Jr "about to indicted" since October or November of last year... still hasn't happened.

It took almost 9 months after Roger Stone reported he was about to be arrested for it to actually happen, and he's not related to a Trump.

When it doesn't happen, it feeds the Trumpian FAKE NEWS narrative. If the investigation continues, it makes it look like Mueller is on a fishing expedition (or, gasp, a WITCH HUNT) because Kushner, Don Jr or somebody else was supposed to have been indicted a while ago and it never happened.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
11. Bingo
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:54 PM
Feb 2019

Fool me once, shame on you... fool me twice, shame on me... fool me 9 or 10 times, you're an idiot.

Seth Abramson had noted that the media in 2018 breathlessly reported that the Mueller investigation was wrapping up in a matter of weeks, or a few months at the most - 7 times or 8 times.

WTF media?



former9thward

(32,099 posts)
8. People slammed the original story because of no sources.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:17 PM
Feb 2019

People are accepting this story with no sources. People believe what they want to believe.

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