“Conversations over what to publish were prolonged and lively, involving Washington and New York, and often including the executive editor, Dean Baquet. If the allegations were true, it was a huge story. If false, they could damage The Times’s reputation. With doubts about the material and with the F.B.I. discouraging publication, editors decided to hold their fire.”
I haven’t seen this posted. It deserves a diary but I’m currently far too enraged to write one.
The FBI convinces the NY Times to kill a story on it's investigation into Trump's Russia ties BUT announces a half-baked investigation on the eve of the election into a bunch of Hillary Clinton emails that THEY HAD ALREADY SEEN!
Every time you turn around it's a new fucking outrage. This wasn't an election. It was a god damned coup d'état.
I NEVER want to hear anyone whine about so-called "liberal" news media again...and fuck the gutless collaborators at the New York Times!
When someone a bit calmer writes a real diary I’ll happily delete this, but here is the link for the time being: www.nytimes.com/...