Categories English special The U.S. MAGA VS. Establishment (2.19.2023) in 2024 Presidential Election: Twitter Files Looking Back on the Coverage of Trump Twitter Files: Looking Back on the Coverage of Trump Post author By Cloudy Dragon Post date 2023-02-19 No Comments on MAGA VS. Establishment (2.19.2023) in 2024 Presidential Election: Twitter Files Looking Back on the Coverage of Trump SPECIAL: Twitter Files: Looking Back on the Coverage of Trump, the full texts are in the below: The definitive, authoritative piece on press coverage of Russiagate the world has been waiting for: Looking back on the coverage of Trump – Columbia Journalism Review https://t.co/R8wjCpAjRl— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 “For the past year and a half, CJR has been examining the American media’s coverage of Trump and Russia… Investigative reporter Jeff Gerth interviewed dozens of people at the center of the story—editors and reporters, Trump himself, and others.” https://t.co/R8wjCpAjRl— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 Lichtblau later paired up with Steven Lee Myers, a former Moscow hand for the Times. Whereas Myers, in an interview, said he saw some “red flags” in the Alfa Bank tip, Lichtblau, he added, “believed in the Alfa thing more than I did.” https://t.co/ZBDchee5nm— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 CJR: Washington Post staff showed a “lack of curiosity” toward Bob Woodward’s warnings about the Trump-Russia story https://t.co/RKhbaqmy5f pic.twitter.com/QDfaTKkhcA— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 After the first major press misadventure, the NYT’s “Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence” story of February 2017, the FBI’s Peter Strzok wrote, “We are unaware of ANY Trump advisers engaging in conversations with Russian intelligence officials.” https://t.co/p99ltGNRvN— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 “NOT ALWAYS CLEANLY APPLIED” CJR reporter Jeff Gerth describes the beginning of a pattern in Trump-Russia coverage, in which newspapers like the Times would make extravagant claims, then walk them back in editors’ notes later: pic.twitter.com/xcUmkxwA4V— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 “DOUBLING DOWN ON THE INACCURACIES” The FBI thought the Times would try to “save their reputation” by fixing the mistakes in the “repeated contacts” story. They went in another direction: pic.twitter.com/jLIgMpaWmt— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 “Court filings in 2019 showed that the total value of the IRA’s Facebook ads that were deemed election-related amounted to $2,930, in a political cycle where billions of dollars were spent.” https://t.co/rJ3eQUgyIS— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 “NO EVIDENCE” More recent claims that [Kilimnik] worked for the Russians, by the Senate intelligence panel in 2020 and the Treasury Department in 2021, offered no evidence. https://t.co/rJ3eQUh6yq via @— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 The NYT used the phrase “people (or person) familiar with” over a thousand times in stories involving Trump and Russia between 10/16 and the end of the Trump presidency, according to the CJR.— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 For citing the Columbia Journalism Review? https://t.co/FD3hvhZ3vY— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 30, 2023 By Cloudy Dragon Anonymous, Ph.D.: Grew up China and Japan; Studied Post-College in the U.S. with 2 Master degrees & a Ph. D. View Archive → ← MAGA VS. Establishment (2.18.2023) in 2024 Presidential Election: “How America Took Out the Nord Strem Pipeline → MAGA VS. Establishment (2.20.2023) in 2024 Presidential Election: Twitter Files Exposes How Hamilton 68, An Outlet Led by a Former FBI Counter Intel Official and Neocon/Neobib Bill Kriston, Arbitrarily Balelled More Than Twitter Accounts As Russian Disinformation Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please input characters displayed above. Δ