The Washington Compost Russian To Judgement

Color me shocked! Another hit piece with no substance.

Update: I had a thought, if Kushner was trying to set up channels to the Russian government, wouldn’t that mean Trump was never in contact with the Russians for the collusion narrative?

So, here we have another article from the Washington Compost where they once again claim something outlandish that we have no way to verify and must trust their word. I totally trusted them here, here, and here.

Okay, what do they claim in this fake news hit piece?

Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

And then:

Russia at times feeds false information into communication streams it suspects are monitored as a way of sowing misinformation and confusion among U.S. analysts. But officials said that it’s unclear what Kislyak would have had to gain by falsely characterizing his contacts with Kushner to Moscow, particularly at a time when the Kremlin still saw the prospect of dramatically improved relations with Trump.

And then:

The Post was first alerted in mid-December to the meeting by an anonymous letter, which said, among other things, that Kushner had talked to Kislyak about setting up the communications channel. This week, officials who reviewed the letter and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence said the portion about the secret channel was consistent with their understanding of events.

Before I start, let’s assume this is all true, did this channel get set up? No? Oh. Okay then. That is the gist of this article and I can’t help but laugh at that.

In the second quoted piece, they literally said Russia feeds false information but then question if Kislyak would do that. Does anyone proofread this before it gets sent out or what? That seems like a pretty big statement to make. Almost as if it nullifies this entire article. In fact, I would say it casts a large amount of doubt on the validity of this information considering the next part is an anonymous letter.

But then we have an anonymous letter. And miraculously, we have “anonymous officials” who are able somehow confirm this letter. How can we trust this official is even real or that this letter is even real given their track record? The bigger problem we have here is that the Washington Compost is not updating any of their articles or issuing retractions when they get something wrong. Instead, all the other outlets are using them as their source. This is literally why we have the term “fake news.”

Some other stories this is drowning out:

Those seem like some fairly big stories that are being shoved back to make sure you don’t hear about it. Also, thanks CNN. Stay classy. There is also NO story on Jacob Schwartz on CNN as well. You can’t make this stuff up!