And traditional media wonder why nobody trusts them anymore.

Hrm.

ABC’s Alex Mallin shared a piece calling into question Rep. John Radcliffe’s link to an anti-terrorism financing case which he has apparently used as a key credential in being picked for Trump’s intelligence director.

NEW – Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented his role in a major anti-terrorism financing case, which he has repeatedly described as among his key national security credentials https://t.co/bsS63En16d via @ABC — Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) July 30, 2019

From ABCNews.Go.com:

President Donald Trump’s pick for the next director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, has misrepresented his role in an anti-terrorism case that he’s repeatedly cited among his credentials related to national security issues. The apparent embellishment is related to two anti-terrorism financing trials in a case known as the U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation, the second of which resulted in convictions for several individuals found to have illegally funneled charity money to the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas.

And gosh, this would indeed be a big deal … if it were true. But it doesn’t sound like it is.

Sean Davis called Mallin out:

A federal prosecutor on that case whom you never even bothered to contact confirmed this morning that Ratcliffe was appointed to work on the Holy Land Foundation case. Pretty bad look for ABC News here. https://t.co/hNtkubV9fB — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 30, 2019

Pretty bad look indeed but if we’re being honest, we’re hardly surprised. The major outlets are far more concerned with dunking on Trump than they are in getting the story right.

Federal Prosecutor Confirms Ratcliffe Role In Holy Land Foundation Case. ABC News Never Even Bothered To Contact Him https://t.co/WGTw8b6zIJ — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 30, 2019

From The Federalist:

A former federal prosecutor involved in the terrorism financing trial against the Holy Land Foundation confirmed to The Federalist today that Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, whom President Donald Trump has said he intends to nominate as director of national intelligence, did receive a special appointment as part of the case. “John was appointed to look into allegations of potential misconduct involving a juror and one or more of the defendants in that case,” Nathan Garrett, a formal federal prosecutor who worked on the trial team, told The Federalist Tuesday morning. “John is a stellar lawyer, experienced national security prosecutor and leader, and a man of the highest character.”

Not good, ABC. Not good at all.

Looks like you're not only full of it, but also a poor journalist. https://t.co/EHyGat5bl2 — Nickarama (@Nickarama1) July 30, 2019

So bad.

Retract Immediately — Preston Moritz (@ptmoritz) July 30, 2019

Not seeing anything yet.

How many fake news articles did the msm publish tarnishing Brennan’s reputation when Obama picked him to run CIA? Did media even ask for Brennan to step down after he was caught spying on congress and lying to congress? Prob not — Larry (@Larrypolya22) July 30, 2019

Probably not.

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