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Huffington PostIn the latest episode of Candidate Confessional, Jennifer Palmieri, Clintons campaign communications director, recounts how she tried to repeatedly get reporters to write about Russia, to little effect.
It was so surreal. I felt as if I had been catapulted into another dimension where we would have these surreal conversations about the Russians and Trump and Mike Flynn and Carter Page and Donald Trump Jr. saying, Were really invested in Russia, she explains. And no one in the press really cared.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)never speaks up.
It is surreal.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)or DINOs posing as "progressives."
underpants
(182,788 posts)Full extended coverage of his wrestling event rallies. Oh and they told everyone it was already over 2 weeks out so a lot of people didn't think they needed to vote.
tblue37
(65,339 posts)Yes, that actually happened.
underpants
(182,788 posts)I'll never forget that one. Empty podium, cheap card table with Trump steaks and water etc. while 10-20 thousand Bernie fans were going wild at a rally.
emulatorloo
(44,119 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)I want to scream every time that I hear that the Democrats didn't get their message out there.
They DID!!!
It's just that the media was more concerned with interrupting everything with the latest idiocy from orange boy. Even MSNBC once cut Bernie Sanders' speech in the middle because tRump was about to start. We were treated to about 10 minutes of an empty podium while Rachel did her best to keep it interesting. No I don't have the date, but I can't be the only one here who saw it.
Maven
(10,533 posts)It's truly insane when you think about it. If we make it out of this it will be in large part thanks to print media's efforts, but even they bear a lot of the blame.
tblue37
(65,339 posts)camera (like taking bribes, grabbing women, cuddling up to Putin) while the reporter interviewing him and Hillary ignores Hillary's attempts to get her to notice Trump's crimes and his gross behavior, but instead keeps saying, "Yes, I see. But let's get back to your emails."
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)Hekate
(90,662 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)etc had to be self supporting and not get money from other side of the network profits? I think that drove out a lot of the real journalists and made the 'news' programs more entertainment centered and that is why they, most of the time, are simply not news reporters.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)It was such a far-fetched idea to think Russia could actually pull this off. This is stuff you see in the movies. But, on election night, as the results starting coming in and PA, WI, and MI turned red, I looked at my daughter and said is Russia hacking us? I felt crazy just letting those words slip out.
Hekate
(90,662 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)thbobby
(1,474 posts)1) Trump coverage raised ratings and was profitable.
2) A close election raised ratings and was profitable.
Now covering Trump's clusterfuck presidency raises ratings and is profitable. And MSM gets to hide from how they fucked America because of their greed.
Good journalism brings good ratings. Never occurred to them.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)and few here took her seriously because she was a conservative reporting in a libertarian publication.
The NYT took the word of some Giuliani-connected FBI agents that there was no story. She did not. She confirmed stories of Slate and David Corn and has been reviled by many ever since.
https://heatst.com/world/exclusive-fbi-granted-fisa-warrant-covering-trump-camps-ties-to-russia/
Two separate sources with links to the counter-intelligence community have confirmed to Heat Street that the FBI sought, and was granted, a FISA court warrant in October, giving counter-intelligence permission to examine the activities of U.S. persons in Donald Trumps campaign with ties to Russia.
Contrary to earlier reporting in the New York Times, which cited FBI sources as saying that the agency did not believe that the private server in Donald Trumps Trump Tower which was connected to a Russian bank had any nefarious purpose, the FBIs counter-intelligence arm, sources say, re-drew an earlier FISA court request around possible financial and banking offenses related to the server. The first request, which, sources say, named Trump, was denied back in June, but the second was drawn more narrowly and was granted in October after evidence was presented of a server, possibly related to the Trump campaign, and its alleged links to two banks; SVB Bank and Russias Alfa Bank. While the Times story speaks of metadata, sources suggest that a FISA warrant was granted to look at the full content of emails and other related documents that may concern US persons.
The FBI agents who talked to the New York Times, and rubbished the ground-breaking stories of Slate ( Franklin Foer) and Mother Jones (David Corn) may not have known about the FISA warrant, sources say, because the counter-intelligence and criminal sides of the FBI often work independently of each other employing the principle of compartmentalization.
The FISA warrant was granted in connection with the investigation of suspected activity between the server and two banks, SVB Bank and Alfa Bank. However, it is thought in the intelligence community that the warrant covers any US person connected to this investigation, and thus covers Donald Trump and at least three further men who have either formed part of his campaign or acted as his media surrogates. The warrant was sought, they say, because actionable intelligence on the matter provided by friendly foreign agencies could not properly be examined without a warrant by US intelligence as it involves US Persons who come under the remit of the FBI and not the CIA. Should a counter-intelligence investigation lead to criminal prosecutions, sources say, the Justice Department is concerned that the chain of evidence have a basis in a clear warrant.
SNIP
bora13
(860 posts)and the fact that the tRump crime family
was also heavily influenced by Norman Vincent Peale (master in con - peale university) came up during
election, we might all be doing much better as a country today
and for the last 6-9 mths.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)needs to lose their fucking jobs...