{"id":1845959,"date":"2023-02-14T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845959"},"modified":"2023-02-14T07:22:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:22:05","slug":"looking-back-on-the-medias-bogus-russia-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looking-back-on-the-medias-bogus-russia-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back on the Media\u2019s Bogus Russia Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flooking-back-on-the-medias-bogus-russia-narrative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ee918745-3d47-4ba4-8737-65b95001fe2a-1052x615-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>I wanted to keep highlighting this 24,000-word Columbia Journalism Review piece about how the collusion story was constructed by media and outside actors. The piece itself is divided into 4 parts so I\u2019m going to cover it the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 dealt with the <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2023\/02\/10\/collusion-looking-back-on-the-medias-russia-narrative-n529788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The early days of collusion stories<\/a> The involvement of Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, and the Clinton campaign in getting things started. Part 2 continues from that point and examines the many stories which followed, which led to the notion of collusion between Russia &#038; the Trump camp in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This is too much to summarize, but the following section explains the unusual circumstances that led to publication of the dossier. Fusion GPS allowed the dossier to circulate at many news outlets. But because it was unverified, news outlets wouldn\u2019t publish it. The FBI Director Comey informed the president about it. CNN was informed by Comey that Comey had briefed President. CNN then had a news hook and could write a story stating that the briefing took place and describing the experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/special_report\/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The document itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On Sunday, January 8, McCabe, the FBI\u2019s deputy director, sent a memo to the bureau\u2019s leadership headlined \u201cthe flood is coming.\u201d He pointed out that CNN was \u201cclose to\u201d Publishing a piece on the dossier with the \u201ctrigger\u201d being Comey\u2019s brief and the dossier\u2019s attachment to the ICA.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, the dam burst when CNN revealed the Comey briefing. Hours later,\u00a0<em>BuzzFeed News<\/em> You can find the entire dossier here, together with a warning that it was not official. \u201cunverified and potentially unverifiable.\u201d Both outlets cited the government use of the dossier to justify their going ahead\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that a few weeks after the FBI began checking out the dossier, in the fall of 2016, it offered Steele as much as $1 million if he could offer corroboration and he didn\u2019t, according to court testimony by an FBI official in October.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A series of NY Times stories continued the story of collusion. The newsroom discussions for one of these stories were filmed, and later aired in a Showtime series. <em>The Fourth Estate<\/em>. This show featured reporter Mark Mazzetti and Editor Dean Baquet discussing Trump-Russia collusion in a story published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/special_report\/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 2017<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mark Mazzetti is an investigative reporter at the Washington bureau, who was also editing some Trump-Russia coverage. He is shown telling senior editors that he is \u201cfairly sure members of Russian intelligence\u201d were \u201chaving conversations with members of Trump\u2019s campaign.\u201d (The story would state that the conversations were founded on). \u201cphone records and intercepted calls\u201d Get involved \u201csenior Russian intelligence officials.\u201d ) He asks Baquet, \u201cAre we feeding into a conspiracy\u201d With the \u201crecurring themes of contacts?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Disclaimer at the top of this piece noted that they were not their source. \u201cso far,\u201d had seen \u201cno evidence\u201d The Trump campaign is colluding to the Russians.<\/p>\n<p>It reported that anonymous officials were being described in the following paragraph. \u201calarmed\u201d about the supposed Russian-Trump contacts because they occurred while Trump made his comments in Florida in July 2016 wondering whether Russia could find Hillary\u2019s missing emails.<\/p>\n<p>The story was told \u201cthe FBI declined to comment.\u201d The FBI quickly tore the piece apart in a series annotated comments made by Strzok who was the Russia case manager. His analysis was prepared for his bosses and found numerous errors, including a categorical rejection of the headline and lead. \u201cwe are unaware,\u201d Strzok wrote, \u201cof ANY Trump advisers engaging in conversations with Russian intelligence officials.\u201d Comey immediately checked with intelligence agencies to find out if there was any evidence. He returned empty and reported his findings to the Senate. This testimony was at a Senate Hearing months later.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When President Trump claimed that the Obama administration had been his, the media launched a new attack. \u201cwires tapped\u201d at Trump Tower based on something he\u2019d seen on Fox News. James Clapper was dispatched to issue a denial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/special_report\/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The next day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>James Clapper was the former Director for National Intelligence in the Obama administration. He met the Press to share his thoughts. \u201cthere was no such wiretap activity.\u201d He also said this during his time as an office holder, which ended on January 20, \u201cwe had no evidence of such collusion,\u201d speaking of Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Times ignored this fact while the Times included the collusion denial in the Post&#8217;s story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official denials were not taken seriously or ignored. However, FBI Director Comey was on hand to add fuel to the flames of collusion. Comey said that the FBI was investigating the issue during congressional testimony. Schiff then went on MSNBC and claimed that there was. \u201cmore than circumstantial evidence\u201d Collaboration<\/p>\n<p>This installment of the report concludes with Trump\u2019s decision to fire James Comey despite a warning from his deputy counsel that firing Comey would only extend the investigation. Trump admitted that there was a possibility, but told Bill Barr. \u201cI\u2019m still going to fire the son of a bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll take at look at part three of this epic story by Jeff Gerth tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to keep highlighting this 24,000-word Columbia Journalism Review piece about how the collusion story was constructed by media and outside actors. The piece itself is divided into 4 parts so I\u2019m going to cover it the same way. 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