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Related: About this forumBeware Of Forged Donald Trump Russia Documents!
Jul 6, 2017
Rachel Maddow explains how an ostensible top secret NSA document submitted through the show's inbox is likely a fake, and points out the perils of such forgeries to news organizations trying to report out important stories like the Trump Russia story.
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(46,820 posts)tomhagen
(3,604 posts)Gothmog
(146,202 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...the rethuglicans are NOT that creative, and tend to go with what works... so far they've "Rathered" CNN and have their sites set on The Divine Ms. M. Fuck them, and the lobbyists they rode in on.
lebkr
(39 posts)Always thorough, clear and to the point.
dalton99a
(81,730 posts)progressoid
(50,043 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)I hope they find out who.
usaf-vet
(6,261 posts)Think Bush was AWOL
Think forged documents with IMO accurate data proving he was AWOL were used to kill Dan Rather's career.
There is a reason to heed the warning.
Caution when "evidence" is touted as the smoking gun.
Trump telegraphs the likely-hood that fake documents might already be in the pipeline.
Trump's message. "Fake News" he just waiting for the moment to say see I told you so fake documents = fake news.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)If the glove fits .....
longship
(40,416 posts)I bet that they are indeed working on it. That may be a very tough nut to crack, though. Good luck, Rachel!
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