Y'ever notice how Democratic mistakes---whether by Joe Biden, Lawrence O'Donnell or whoever---

[Atticus]

are treated as major negative news stories while Trump's stupid, transparent, quickly disproved and mean-spirited LIES rate little more than "meh---so?"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Probably because Democrats' mistakes are rare,

and Trump's lies occur multiple times a day.

[Atticus]

2. There is that. nt

[triron]

3. Because the corporate media likes it that way.

[Hoyt]

4. We expect crud from trump, Democrats should be above that. O'Donnell blew it and made us

look stupid. We don't need that.

[Atticus]

6. Agree he "blew it", but don't think we yet know if what he reported is "crud" or prematurely

reported truth. I recall that a reporter---Brian Ross?--- lost his job for reporting that Flynn had contacts with the Russians DURING the campaign. Turns out he was right, but could not corroborate at the time.

[Hoyt]

8. Then, you hold off until you can say more than a "source close to the bank."

I get everyone wants trump gone, me too. And, just about any criminal act is believable with trump. But I don't think this helps us in that regard. It just muddies the water and makes it hard to believe anything.

[Atticus]

9. Agree. He should have kept quiet and investigated further. nt

[Hoyt]

10. Or at least pull a trump by saying "some people are saying . . . . . ."

[0rganism]

5. even if the media handled these cases fairly, Trump has saturated the market for his goofs

supply strongly outstrips demand on Trump's malicious fails. it is frustrating though.

[LiberalFighter]

7. We need to attack the heads of media that do it.

[maxsolomon]

11. NBC legal let it go on the air.

Presumably.

Smells like a setup.