Shocked Face – How The Media Buried Two Huge FBI Stories Yesterday

Two explosive stories about the FBI’s handling of the probe into Russia and the Trump campaign were downplayed by a suddenly incurious press corps.

Not interested in the truth.

In recent weeks, however, some official documents have come to light. These are statements made by elected members of the U.S. government on the record, not selective and political leaks from anonymous sources. So how have the media responded to these official statements regarding wrongdoing? Mostly by downplaying, mocking, and ignoring them. (emphasis added)

When the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s majority memo was made public last week, many journalists highlighted Democratic talking points against it or otherwise rushed to defend the agencies credibly accused of abuse of power. As soon as they could, they dropped the story, despite the dramatic claims in the memo.

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Author Mollie Hemingway concludes…

And if reporters at American newsrooms are so narrow in their thinking that they can’t even imagine lines of inquiry in a direction other than “nothing to see here” for politicians not named Trump, they should hire some people with more diverse viewpoints to help them.

They should replace themselves, the damage they are doing to their profession will take years to undo.