Conservative media casts Comey testimony as clearing Trump

[DonViejo]

By HADAS GOLD 06/08/2017 02:23 PM EDT

Former FBI director Jim Comey’s testimony on Capitol Hill either completely vindicated President Donald Trump or further implicated him.

That depends on which media is reporting the story.

According to many right-wing outlets, Comey not only cleared Trump by confirming that he was not personally under investigation, he also helped stir up old drama around the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails and admitted he orchestrated leaks to the media after his firing.

Much of the rest of the media, however, focused on Comey saying he took Trump’s statement that he “hopes” the FBI would drop the investigation into Michael Flynn as a directive, that Trump “lied” and “defamed” Comey and the FBI, and that Comey took detailed notes about his meetings with Trump because he was concerned that Trump would later lie about them.

That mainstream outlets and conservative outlets would focus on different aspects of the testimony isn't entirely surprising, but reflects the extent that conservative media is backing Trump when even some Republican senators are condemning his handling of Comey.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/06/08/james-comey-testimony-conservative-media-239304?lo=ap_b2

[C_U_L8R]

1. Pass the bong, bozos

[SHRED]

2. They forgot the investigation is ongoing?

[Freethinker65]

3. The more they dig in their heels, the deeper the hole to climb out of

Seems pretty stupid to declare complete innocence...would be much smarter to just accept what was said with little comment to give wiggle room for the "misspoke" or open to "misinterpretation" of what was said defense. Trump has done pretty well with the " I was just joking...", "what I meant when I said 'x' was really 'y' " defense. The media report it and his followers eat it up.