silverscreenselect wrote:Estonut wrote:silverscreenselect wrote:
First, Mueller did not say it was "all made up."
Sorry. To non-lawyers, a statement that is not accurate is called a lie. It is a work of fiction, or "made up."
No, there's a difference between saying that the description of specific statements in a story was not accurate and saying that the story was "all made up." And most people, even non-lawyers, understand this, although they may choose to characterize it one way.
Mueller is very careful in the words he uses in public pronouncements. This wasn't an off-the-cuff tweet. He certainly could have issued a more blanket statement if he desired.
The point, and once again, you have missed it, aSSShole and bob-tel, is not the accusation or the correction by Mueller. It's the way the News Media presented it.
Buzzfeed decided to publish an anonymous accusation, based on rumors and gossip by presumably 2 people who apparently have high positions in some area that might have had access to information that we don't have. Is it an acceptable standard in journalism today to publish as 'news' the rumors and gossip that goes around Washington solely based on the job titles of the persons that talk to reporters? Do you accept that? Apparently. Well, in that case, you need to accept everything that trump says, because he has the highest position in Washington, and his quotes are not from 'unidentified sources'.
So Buzzfeed decides to publish the rumors and gossip, and they get a lot of notice. Then all the other 'responsible' news sources make a BIG thing of it. And you guys now think you've got your 'smoking gun'. Your designated saint, Bob Mueller, thinks it is important enough to issue a disclaimer. And all that commotion by your 'responsible' news sources was for nothing. It was 24 hours of blockbuster news based on rumor and gossip. And all the usual suspect pundits weigh in on it and expand and extrapolate on it. And you eat it up. That's called FAKE NEWS. That is what trump is talking about. That is why most of America trusts the MSM less than the president or congress.
There is no victory lap here. There are no winners. Only losers. You can call me a trump supporter, (as if that is some sort of insult or epithet) if you want. I have made my views on trump very clear, which for some reason, you choose to ignore. I post on this in the vague and slim hope that you might get it at long last. trump is a jerk and is irresponsible. The congress is even more of a joke and is even more irresponsible. And the main stream media is out of control, has abandoned time-honored standards of journalism, and is more irresponsible than the rest. None of them are doing the job they are supposed to be doing, and that is a major problem for all of us. And you are their enablers.