Courtesy of Mish.
Yesterday, BuzzFeed posted an article that made unsubstantiated claims regarding Russia and Trump. The source of this round of nonsense is a British journalist who fed a story to be CNN.
I tweeted the story was so ridiculous I would not cover it. But now, CNN, the Financial Times, and others have been caught propagating fake news over the story, and Trump is battling CNN and BuzzFeed.
Trump went so far as to call BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage”. It’s an interesting mess, so let’s recap from the beginning.
BuzzFeed reports These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia.
A dossier, compiled by a person who has claimed to be a former British intelligence official, alleges Russia has compromising information on Trump. The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors.
Irresponsible Journalism
Gone is the day when media posts verified stories. Today is the day media runs rampant with tabloid articles loaded up with unverified allegations, known errors, and purposeful smear campaigns that are obvious.
At least BuzzFeed admitted its sloppiness upfront. That’s a clear step above the Washington Post.
BuzzFeed posted the full document “so that Americans can make up their own minds about allegations about the president-elect that have circulated at the highest levels of the US government.”
Well, not really, BuzzFeed wanted the attention such a story would bring.
