CNN: "We didn't tell Claude Taylor any damned thing."

[MineralMan]

Top CNN Exec: "Who the Hell is Claude Taylor and why is he saying shit on Twitter about CNN? If we had transcripts of Trump people talking to Russians, we'd run a goddamn Breaking News Alert around the freaking clock. Claude Taylor is full of shit."

See, I have "sources" deep inside CNN, too...

[Orrex]

1. I don't believe anything until Mensch makes an off-handed guess about it

[MineralMan]

3. Hey! If you don't like it, don't read it.

If you like it, it's as true as it possibly can be, right?

[Ezior]

12. Yep, it's "raw intelligence"! :D (nt)

[rusty fender]

35. LOL!

Perfect

[WinkyDink]

2. IDGI! Is this Fake CNN by MM, or a real CNN exec?

[MineralMan]

4. Hey! You can trust MineralMan.

He has almost 100,000 posts on DU. Would he lie to you about "sources?" Sheesh!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Um, Yes?!?!?!?

You teed it up, MM. I had to swing at it.

[MineralMan]

6. See, it just goes to show

you never can tell. I guess people will have to use their own judgment. Which is more likely:

1. CNN is sitting on a monstrous story, but leaked it to Claude Taylor instead of blowing up the news on cable?
2. Claude Taylor is full of crap about his "CNN Exec Source?"

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I'll Take "Occam's Razor" For $500 Alex

What is 2?

[Satch59]

27. I know you can't stand Taylor but he's not claiming...

That CNN told him...he's claiming he got quotes/info from other sources. And it seems he's not the only one confirming this along with with WAPO having some bomb... Taylor has reported stuff that proved true: the grand juries, Flynn flipping, Kushner being the person of interest awhile back, amongst others... He's not always correct and you'll come back with a list of fails but I find it plausible that Mueller's team is carefully orchestrating the roll out of this case and asking news media and papers to hold on pieces only helps keep his large net secure...

[jmg257]

32. Whoa - Flynn flipped?? What did he say?!?

I haven't seen that yet!!

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. And... Just who are YOUR sources, MM?

Are you accusing Taylor of the very tactic that you're using?

When you headline a false or misleading narrative, it doesn't make any difference how many posts you wrote. You get no credibility.

[MineralMan]

13. See, I can't reveal their names, because something.

They don't want their names released because embarrassment about talking to me.

[awesomerwb1]

8. Funny, but these threads don't help either.

I bet you there's someone who already posted this on twitter ("CNN denial&quot .

[MineralMan]

18. Really? If you find that twitter post, send me a link.

Nobody tweets anything I say, not even me.

[awesomerwb1]

22. I'm sure you can use the search function on Twitter.

[Shell_Seas]

9. Wait, did someone actually say this?

Or are you being facetious?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. It's from the Gospel of Claude Taylor.

[MineralMan]

15. See my emoticon:

[Shell_Seas]

17. Ahhhhh!!!

I'm dying.

[Shell_Seas]

10. What's Rachel's big scoop tonight??

Not this?

Link to tweet

[MineralMan]

16. Mum's the word, but check this out:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029293575

[Shell_Seas]

19. You should consider a career in stand up comedy.

[MineralMan]

23. Tried it a couple of times. I was the bomb.

Or did I just bomb? I can never get that right.

[woodsprite]

24. I'm thinking Rachel's news may be more of a "novelty" story.

Not a big earth shaking development. Not holding my breath....

[Shell_Seas]

25. Bahhhh!!

[calimary]

26. That's how it sounded from the way she described it last night.

And her demeanor when she did so suggests that it isn't any sort of bombshell along these lines, or even remotely connected to trump-Russiagate.

[krawhitham]

14. The "dossier" was around for months before buzzfeed ran it

[NewJeffCT]

21. and, most of the dossier has been shown to be accurate

if not all of it.

[Qutzupalotl]

28. This just comes off as pettiness.

You don't have his sources, so you tear him down. Meanwhile, you add to the confusion.

[MineralMan]

29. I'll have you know that I have tremendous sources.

The best sources, believe me!

There is zero confusion in my post. It's very clear that I'm talking out of my ass, as indicated by the emoticon:

As for pettiness, I stopped wearing those back in 1960.

[Qutzupalotl]

30. The confusion is in the title.

Someone scanning headlines on DU will not see your lovely emoticon, and is apt to take your post as truth.

We get it, you don't like Mensch and Taylor. Why don't you give it a rest.

[MineralMan]

31. I know. That was bad of me to just use CNN: in the title.

I probably shouldn't have done that. Really.

I was just following standard practice. viz:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9291970

BTW, I never rest. Really. I sleep only in fits and starts.

[Oneironaut]

33. I wish people would stop taking Mensch and Taylor seriously. They're both lying con-artists.

Their information is overwhelmingly bogus, to the point that any decently-informed person who watches CNN could make similar guesses and have the same success rate.

They're both wannabes. They're conning Liberals for notoriety and fame. I can't believe people still take them seriously.

By the way, still waiting for Trump's impending indictment...

[MineralMan]

34. Hey! Free Speech. Free Press.

Let 'em post whatever they want. I don't mind at all. It gives me something to do, after all.

[Hekate]

36. MM is da bomb. Some people need to learn to say: "Pull the other one, it has got bells on it."

Some people take themselves very seriously.

Thanks for the laughs, MinMan. They are few and far between these days.

[MineralMan]

37. You're more than welcome!

Comic relief is important, as you say...

[WinkyDink]

38. That's why God made the DU lounge.