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[Qutzupalotl]

1. From Twitter:

Link to tweet

[mysteryowl]

3. That is just great!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

25. History books will record that Trump was destroyed by something called "Buzzfeed."

I would have thought Yahoo would have the honors.

Too bad Mediawhores has gone dark. I miss the Horse.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

31. Actual history will record MUCH more than that!

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I'm starting to have an issue with the latest report.

Cormier says he hasn't seen the evidence, but Leopold says he has?

https://www.mediaite.com/online/buzzfeed-news-reporter-jason-leopold-says-hes-seen-documents-supporting-bombshell-report/

<snip>

Shortly after, Leopold gave an interview of his own to MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson, and she asked him “how confident are you that [Mueller’s documents] actually exist?”

“I don’t think we’ve said we haven’t seen them,” said Leopold, “but I will say that I’m confident that they exist.”

Jackson kept pressing him to “clarify the status” of whether they’ve seen the evidence or not — citing Cormier’s earlier comments. Leopold continued to express confidence in his reporting, citing his extensive coverage of the Moscow Project.

“I’ll say we’ve seen documents and been briefed,” he said.

Mediaite contacted Leopold for his response to Cormier’s statement that he hasn’t personally seen the documents cited in their report. He responded with “Yes. Anthony said HE had not personally seen the documents.”

On edit: BuzzFeed stands behind Leopold 100%: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211691154

[mysteryowl]

4. Maybe this is undercover investigative reporting.

[uponit7771]

6. Unnn,."the documents" ... I'm hopeful but I've seen that shit before

[Dennis Donovan]

9. I caught that, too...

"Documents" indicate a specific kind of evidence.

[uponit7771]

10. The list from BuzzFeed included documents, emails, texts and wintess's

... so hopefully they have something close to that

[BigmanPigman]

12. ....and possibly tapes.

[Honeycombe8]

20. People need to wait and be sure a story is vetted...

before jumping on the bandwagon. I read that Leopold has a checkered journalistic past, although some of his stories have turned out to be true.

It would be a good way to make the Dems look foolish, to fall for stories with no evidentiary backup, because they want it to be true.

If it's true, it will be verified. I think I read that someone in Congress is going to check it out.

[uponit7771]

29. +1

[red dog 1]

15. According to NBC News, the Buzzfeed article adds: "The special counsel's office

learned about Trump's directive to lie to Congress through multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages and a cache of other documents."

[Honeycombe8]

19. Leopold has some cred issues.

The story needs to be vetted/investigated.

[uponit7771]

5. Don't count the chickens yet, wait till BuzzFeed or someone shows some documented evidence

[mysteryowl]

7. Understood, but so far ALL the media is pretty excited.

We may not get full confirmation until Mueller's report, if indeed the public gets to see it.

My guess is BuzzFeed has some slippery investigative methods.

[uponit7771]

8. Hopefully

[Honeycombe8]

21. The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee is going to check into this.

Since it was published, the story has dominated cable news and caught the eye of Congressional Democrats. In a tweet, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said his committee would "get to the bottom of it."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/buzzfeed-reporter-jason-leopold/index.html

Best to get confirmation before jumping on a story as true. One of the writers has had issues with his journalistic integrity in the past, although some of his stories turned out to be true, as well.

[wryter2000]

32. I'll wait for Nadler and his committee

At the very least, their findings should produce some interesting information.

[Cha]

11. KR!

[KayF]

13. wouldn't the perjury story come out eventually?

I don't see the value in their reporting it before it's official.

[mysteryowl]

14. Maybe we should consider this was a leak that was intentional.

We are witnessing an amazing roll-out of discovery, from the indicted Russians, to multiple Trump-team indictments.

[KayF]

17. the Buzzfeed sources are "law enforcement officials"

it's by definition an intentional leak, but what is the intention, whether it's Russians or American officials? It's going to come out at some point, what is the advantage, to Russians or American officials, or to the public, of it being known sooner?

[Duppers]

22. I can see a lot of advantages, starting with reducing

IQ45's power via reducing his poll #s and it's working.
2ndly, rattling him will cause him to take more errors.
3rdly, the more his Administrative minions think is being exposed the more likely they are to cooperate with Mueller and the SDoNY's prosecutors.
4thly, the more dominoes seem to be falling, the more quickly McConnell is likely to let the vote comes the floor to reopen government. Our economy is hurting and I'm not referring to the DOW.

In addition, I'm happy with talk of impeachment moving forward sooner and am aghast at the destruction Trump and his administration have caused to our country. Bill Maher said it best: "MSNBC, Hardball - Bill Maher: If We Don't Impeach President Donald Trump, Where Is The Bar?"
The sooner the better.

There are probably many more but I'm in a hurry.

[KayF]

23. ok those all make sense

thanks!

[red dog 1]

16. K&R

I, too, applaud Buzzfeed!

[elmac]

18. They are no longer just a local paper

taken from the movie The Post, I think this is their Post moment.

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. Its so important now to have these other smaller bold news organizations other than the MSM

Like Buzzfeed and Vice etc.

While sometimes the bigger papers twiddle their thumbs, sit on a story out of fear....mostly of gaining access to Republicans and high society social events in Washington. That or they haven't concocted an "equivalent" bad deed from the other side they can run alongside.

[BannonsLiver]

36. By twiddling their thumbs...

Do you mean actually getting shit correct, as opposed to being first? You may have missed it or weren’t paying attention but NYT and WaPo have given us some pretty good scoops since Donnie came to power. Meanwhile, buzzfeed just took an ax to their own credibility and gave MAGAts a reason to crow. Your post did not age well at all.

[Power 2 the People]

26. +1000

[onethatcares]

27. and more

[Scurrilous]

28. K&R

[MadDAsHell]

30. Mueller disputing...This thread got real quiet.

Please people, can we not take off and run with a story from freaking BuzzFeed?

[pintobean]

35. This is DU

(said in a James Earl Jones voice)

[PDittie]

33. Buzzfeed is cool

It's Jason Leopold that's problematic.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/buzzfeed-reporter-jason-leopold/index.html

[scarletwoman]

34. Geeze - doesn't anyone remember Leopold's other "big scoop" from the G.W. Bush years?

Jason Leopold Caught Sourceless Again

JUNE 13, 2006
Now that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has said that he will not seek charges against Karl Rove, will Truthout.org rethink their affiliation with reporter Jason Leopold?

We wonder if the folks over at Truthout.org are rethinking their affiliation with reporter and serial fabulist Jason Leopold. Leopold, you may recall, is the freelance reporter who was caught making stuff up in a 2002 Salon.com article, self-admittedly “getting it completely wrong” in pieces for Dow Jones, and had his own memoir cancelled because of concerns over the accuracy of quotations.

Leopold’s latest addition to his application for membership in the Stephen Glass school of journalism came on May 12 of this year, when he got what appeared to be the scoop of a lifetime. Now writing for Truthout.org, Leopold reported that Karl Rove “told President Bush and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, as well as a few other high level administration officials,” that he was about to be indicted in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, “according to people knowledgeable about these discussions.”

Leopold claimed that multiple sources “confirmed Rove’s indictment is imminent. These individuals requested anonymity saying they were not authorized to speak publicly about Rove’s situation.”

Well, today we learned that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said he would not seek charges against Rove.

Oops.

[BannonsLiver]

37. This is a great example of an OP that didn't age well.