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27. Nonsense; this is a cutesy-poo game King is playing

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:54 PM

Feb 2017

Either he got that text or he didn't. I'd like to think he did. The Senator who texted him voluntarily shouldn't have any a priori expectation that a member of the press is going to shield his identity. This is King showing off his insider-ness, nothing more. There's nothing in the text that's privileged or classified, it's not a whistle-blower exposing corruption. It's one Senator's opinion, freely offered to a member of the press (if it truly happened), and King is protecting the Senator's identity for no other reason than to show off his own clubby access.

This isn't a game, this isn't gotcha. This is some serious shit happening in our country, people are at risk of their lives, liberty and property because of the out-of-control maniac squatting in the White House. I don't care about King's "access" or "politics" or any of that. He has an obligation to the public to disclose who texted him. That's why the press gets special constitutional protection, so they can inform we the people.

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John King of CNN just said [View all] OldHippieChick Feb 2017 OP

k&r uppityperson Feb 2017 #1

K&R! gademocrat7 Feb 2017 #2

Heard that, it's true... but he was talking to his uninformed base NotThisTime Feb 2017 #3

No, he was talking to everybody, and we all heard what he said. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #6

tRump supporters are loving it. Link Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #10

They're not the majority. His favorability seems to be about 40%. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #11

Just drove by a roadside flea market booth selling DK504 Feb 2017 #14

Actually he was talking at everybody but to his base lunatica Feb 2017 #15

his base is about 25% of the voting public. the rest hate him. samnsara Feb 2017 #22

I just came here to post that.. HipChick Feb 2017 #4

His disorder was so prominently displayed. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #5

Must be that "fine-tuned machine" working for him, 'eh? calimary Feb 2017 #33

If this is true, then this is it.... Stuart G Feb 2017 #7

Note, Trump has already recieved a public rebuk from high ranking Senator... Stuart G Feb 2017 #8

Another one called it a "Rodney Dangerfield" type of performance grantcart Feb 2017 #9

So who was it, Mr. King? gratuitous Feb 2017 #12

I agree. He did say it was a Senator who has never been OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #13

He would lose his contacts very quickly if he made the names public lunatica Feb 2017 #17

Does King have some standing "off the record" agreement with every Senator? gratuitous Feb 2017 #19

Most reporters have "off the record" relationships with Congress lunatica Feb 2017 #20

Of course there are protections for sources gratuitous Feb 2017 #23

How long do you think he'd be receiving them if he told on them? lunatica Feb 2017 #24

Nonsense; this is a cutesy-poo game King is playing gratuitous Feb 2017 #27

Nope, that's not the way it works tavalon Feb 2017 #31

? have you never heard of keeping sources confidential? Skittles Feb 2017 #34

See my posts above gratuitous Feb 2017 #35

I don't think they care hibbing Feb 2017 #16

They're praying they can continue to do that lunatica Feb 2017 #18

Yep, I think so, too. They're going along with things as long as possible, but they'll dump him manicraven Feb 2017 #21

Alec Baldwin hurple Feb 2017 #25

OMG ... that is actually perfect etherealtruth Feb 2017 #26

If it is a republican then do their job. This is getting downright alarming still_one Feb 2017 #28

In the same vein TubbersUK Feb 2017 #29

I wish I could rec your post!!! Lifelong Protester Feb 2017 #30

Whoa! is right! nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #32

Yeah, but as long as they let him do what he does because they Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #36

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #37