The New York Times Doubles Down After Comey Called Them Fake News Jason Follow Jun 11, 2017 · 4 min read

CNN still has the exact same story up! Literally Fake News.

In an unprecedented show of resolve, the New York Times doubles down on Comey’s claim that their story was fake. Back in February, the New York Times wrote an article titled: “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence.”

Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials.

That was one of the quotes from this article. They also suggested that:

American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said.

AKA: The Trump campaign worked hand-in-hand with Russian intelligence to hack into the DNC.

This one story has driven the majority of the Russian collusion theories in the news media. The narrative was falling apart by this point as there wasn’t much to go on. Then out of left field, here comes The New York Times with a massive hit piece that any spy author could only dream to write about.

I put together the three short segments of Comey’s entire testimony of how these stories are fake. Senator Cotton at the end of the clip specifically cites the article I am writing about.

“Almost entirely wrong.” Comey, someone who has knowledge about the entire subject, just said the story is almost entirely wrong. I’m starting to think these three anonymous officials are Michael Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo. How was I able to figure out the three anonymous sources? Well, it’s the authors. At this point, it makes more sense for the three anonymous sources to be them since the article is “almost entirely wrong.”

Let’s not forget that about a month later, CNN wrote an article on the exact same topic! This kind of reporting is dangerous.

After Comey’s testimony calling out the New York Times, these three authors double down on their claim and stick to their sources as being accurate. Of course they would, they are their own sources!

The article was the first to reveal direct contacts between Trump advisers and Russian officials before the election — contacts that are now at the heart of F.B.I. and congressional investigations. Multiple news outlets have since published accounts that support the main elements of The Times’s article, including information about phone calls and in-person meetings between Mr. Trump’s advisers and Russians, some believed to be connected to Russian intelligence.

The article wasn’t first to reveal anything. They made it up and other news outlets have run with it. All for subscriptions, clicks, and ad revenue.

Mr. Comey did not say exactly what he believed was incorrect about the article, which was based on information from four current and former American officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information was classified.

He did not say exactly what he believed to be incorrect? He said it’s almost entirely wrong. What’s the issue here? They also have four officials now. Did they add Glenn Thrush or Maggie Haberman as their fourth source?

Since that article was published, there have been revelations in The Times and other news outlets reporting that Mr. Trump’s advisers were in contact with Russian intelligence.

I wouldn’t be including yourself as a source and citing other news outlets. It’s probably not a good idea since Comey also said most of the reporting has not been accurate with regards to the Russian narrative. The problem is that the overwhelming majority of the “Russian collusion” stories have been driven by two outlets, The Washington Post and The New York Times. The other news outlets then report on it.

Just the other day, we had CNN and The New York Times seated at the very back of the press briefing with the President of Romania and President Trump.

If I was in charge of seating, I’d put them behind the cameras and never call on them again. I would instruct them to delete every single story that includes false information and require they write a nice apology article featured on their main page. CNN and The New York Times are both propaganda news outlets pushing knowingly fake stories. It’s time we take the fight to them and start revoking their press access to the White House. They continuously push false narratives, make up sources and information and only cover Trump in a negative tone. Putting a spin on the news is fine. Putting a spin on a patently false information is another issue.