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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do you think about Ken Dilanian (NBC) saying on The Beat that the left needs to...
......fall back from Conspiracy Theories regarding Trump and Russia????
He added that no proof has been discovered.
WTH? What is a news reporter doing speaking like that??
He is suspect already for being the one constantly telling us that Mueller is nearly done.
Did anyone else see that?
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,313 posts)wishstar
(5,270 posts)His glib dismissal of the Trump/Russia matters as merely a "Manchurian Candidate" conspiracy theory does not line up with the increasingly damning evidence such as Cohen's Trump Tower Moscow revelations etc.
lilactime
(657 posts)triron
(22,006 posts)think so as well. He seems to have an agenda. Is Trump paying him under the table?
0rganism
(23,955 posts)or do we have to throw in a draft pick too?
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)nice idea
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)malaise
(269,023 posts)Comcast HACK
manor321
(3,344 posts)He is a complete and total asshole. He's been pushing the NO COLLUSION agenda for many months now.
Never ever listen to him.
And he blocked me on Twitter!
Read Seth Abramson on Ken:
Link to tweet
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)The CIAs Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication
https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/
(also covered by Politico: https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/09/ken-dilanian-sent-cia-drafts-of-stories-194906)
He continued to do so when he worked for AP, despite AP specifically disallowing such "reviews" of pending articles (so too, did the LA Times in their ethical guidelines):
Dilanian said he was not sure if Los Angeles Times rules allow reporters to send stories to sources prior to publication. The Times ethics guidelines, however, clearly forbid the practice: We do not circulate printed or electronic copies of stories outside the newsroom before publication. In the event you would like to read back quotations or selected passages to a source to ensure accuracy, consult an editor before doing so .
So, clearly, he is more concerned about what his colleagues in the CIA want published (or not) then getting the truth out
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)I'm sending it to Seth. He may already know this, as he has a lot of contempt for Dilanian. I thought it was rooted in the current mess, but it's older and broader. Ugh.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)...when he beats up on the investigation.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Disinformation?
Who is he really working for?
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Dilanian's face is the definition of "smarmy" in that segment.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)... and that was going too far but he tries to conflate just usual thinking of trump being involved with Russia with the left thinking he's a Manchurian candidate too.
I'm starting not to trust kens reporting of the issue he seems slightly slanted
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Seth Abramson has been all over Ken lately for his reporting.
Something is amiss with him.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)will investigate him ? Didn't he have a right go when Natasha Bertrand disagreed with him over his assertion that Mueller was about to report ?
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)This is getting interesting.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)... is rarely public shows of affection towards Melanie but tons of them towards Ivanka.
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)that Mueller was going to wrap things up in mid February. When it was mentioned that we get reports from other media outlets (from inside the White House) that Mueller is wrapping up soon every few months, he dismissed the naysayers and stood by whoever was his inside source or sources.
It's now early March and AFAIK, Mueller is still going.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)And how much money he's received.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)We've all seen the spy movies. We know how this works.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)want Republicans in office to get the tax breaks..