That New York Times story on the Clinton emails has turned out to be a total crock

[applegrove]

That New York Times story on the Clinton emails has turned out to be a total crock

by David Nir a the Daily Kos


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/24/1405399/-That-New-York-Times-story-on-the-Clinton-emails-has-turned-out-to-be-a-total-crock

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And now, with Clinton eased out of the frame, a new statement from the Justice Department itself says that the other explosive prong of the Times' original reporting is also entirely wrong: the request they received did not seek a criminal investigation. No hedging, no weasel words, no passive voice: "It is not a criminal referral." Period.

So what on earth happened here? How could the Times screw this story up so utterly and royally? Rep. Elijah Cummings, who is the most senior Democrat on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, has a compelling theory:


"This is the latest example in a series of inaccurate leaks to generate false front-page headlines—only to be corrected later—and they have absolutely nothing to do with the attacks in Benghazi or protecting our diplomatic corps overseas."

It's not hard to believe that Rep. Trey Gowdy, the GOP's Inspector Javert of Benghazi, would do whatever he can to ignite this non-story that's failed to catch fire in the three years Republicans have desperately spent trying to kindle it. But for the paper of record to fall for this kind of garbage, well ... let's just say it gives even more fodder to those who think the Times has waged a two-decade campaign of hostility toward the Clinton family.


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[quizzle]

1. What's that movie with Paul Newman and Sally fields , absence of malice or something like that

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. The Whitewater witch hunt began with the NYT.

The Whitewater witch hunt began with the NYT. Thankfully we get most of our news over the internet so now there won't be as many innocent trees killed in pursuit of a lie.

[AllFieldsRequired]

3. Between the MSM and the online politics world, the attacks on Hillary seem endless.

[applegrove]

4. All news sources make mistakes. Let's hope the NYTimes learns from this and doesn't fall for the

Benghazi two step again. A headline, in this day and age of massive amounts of data out there, cannot be taken back. Nobody will ever hear the retraction. The GOP know this. So should the NY Times. Especially if it has anything to do with Benghazi. One thing all these leaks do tell us...if you add them all up, the GOP have got nothing on Hillary. But the GOP will stir the pot. And make it 'feel' like there is something she is hiding. And that feeling can feel surer than sure if psychopaths are involved in spreading the meme. You may feel more sure of the 'feeling that Hillary is hiding something' than you have ever felt about anything else in your life. That is how psychopaths get people to act on their behalf. That surer than ever sure feeling. In this day and age of the GOP using all the tools of the psychopath be wary of anything compelling.

[Gman]

10. That was no mistake.

Not by any stretch of the imagination. It was completely intentional. There are way too many layers a story like that has to go through. It was intentional every step of the way.

[applegrove]

16. Talented psychopaths will change people's thinking from a variety of ways. The meme would hit

from various sources. I've seen it. It is like if you disturb water in a circular formation the waves all meet in the middle and form a huge peak. But the person who is in the middle of the peak thinks things are just going along as they usually do when this feeling came along like all the other feelings they've ever had. Just that it is more compelling than normal.

[Cha]

18. Right.. and what made them think they could get away with it .. is the real story here.

[Trajan]

5. I am a Bernie supporter ...

I respect Hillary, but I prefer someone less ... Centrist ...

That aside, it is APPALLING how these little false stories are promoted without verification ...

The N.Y. Times is not cross checking, or worse yet, are conspiring with right wingers in the congress to push this bullshit ...

[noiretextatique]

6. likewise

that story smelled like

[mcar]

7. What a surprise

Not.

The so called liberal media strikes again.

[jalan48]

9. Very true. The 'myth' of the liberal media.

I wonder why the NYT has it out for Hillary?

[mcar]

12. The NYT has always had it out for anyone named Clinton

Gene Lyons and Joe Conason called it back when. It defies any semblence of sense.

[oasis]

15. Yup , from "The Hunting of the President" to 2015, haters don't let go.

[SunSeeker]

8. Trey Gowdy Times.

[brett_jv]

11. So, given the 'Dan Rather' precedent ...

We can all feel 100% SURE that the wildly Liberal NY Times will be firing some writers and editors and whoever else was involved, RIGHT?

I mean, if the wildly Liberal CBS fired Dan Rather for smearing a right-winger like Shrub, then all HELL will surely be unleashed for this rotten smear on Liberal icon Hilary Clinton, right?

RIGHT?!?

Riiiiiiiiigght.

[Zorra]

13. It will be interesting to see the NYT response. nt

[philosslayer]

14. The NYT is a conservative hack rag

n/t

[Cha]

17. Not a big surprise, either.. they showed their ass with Judy Miller. They have had some decent

reporting since but now they're back in the sewer again trolling for a "horse race".. or whatever.

Mahalo apple~

[applegrove]

19. Bonsoir Cha.

[Cha]

20. Bonsoir to you apple~

[Vattel]

21. Sad display by the NYTimes.

[snot]

22. See also http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027009819 .