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A secretive Washington firm that commissioned the
dubious intelligence dossier on Donald Trump is stonewalling congressional investigators trying to learn more about its connections to the Democratic Party."
The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month threatened to subpoena the firm, Fusion GPS, after it refused to answer questions and provide records to the panel identifying who financed the error-ridden dossier, which was circulated during the election and has sparked much of the Russia scandal now engulfing the White House.
What is the company hiding? Fusion GPS describes itself as a “research and strategic intelligence firm” founded by “three former Wall Street Journal investigative reporters.” But congressional sources says it’s actually an opposition-research group for Democrats, and the founders, who are more political activists than journalists, have a pro-Hillary, anti-Trump agenda. (Link to more)
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The fact is that that firms creating opposition research are often staffed with former journalists, who use their connections in the editorial world to redistribute this sort of thing. (Naturally, there are “right-leaning” as well as “left-leaning” firms of this sort.) Work in a newsroom long enough and you’ll begin to recognize “oppo” when you see it. Sadly, a number of journalists who were laid off by big news outfits and can’t find work elsewhere have resorted to doing this kind of work. As news organizations cut back on reporting, it’s easier than ever to get “oppo” published as news without sufficient fact-checking. What’s the opposite of a virtuous circle?
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The losers are going to lose bigly to a Winner.
Wow, I'm stunned.
This probably should be posted under the useless trivia section, but I'm putting in it here. Herbert Bayard Swope was editor of the New York Telegram. This was Pulitzer's paper, and it had a lot of clout in government circles. Swope had a lot of inside knowledge about how government decisions would come down. Swope formed an alliance with Bernard Baruch. The Telegram printed lots of folksy stories about the park bench philosopher Baruch, and Swope passed on what he knew about impending government decisions and actions to the park bench philosopher. In return, Baruch managed Swope's stock portfolio. At a time when newspaper editors made less than doctors, Swope became a multimillionaire.. Baruch didn't die poor either. Both men were liberals and were mourned and honored on their passing. .......Corruption, collusion, undue influence, insider trading: these were not recent inventions, and the press were not late adapters.
Good comment William. You taught me something I didn't know.
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