Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine just doesn’t have the ring of Russia Russia Russia, but, it’s going to end the same way: a big nothingburger against President Trump. But, it could end up hurting Joe Biden and his son. And Obama. But, hey, CNN was nice enough to commit a random act of journalism, though they tried to bury it
(Daily Caller) The anonymous White House whistleblower suggesting President Donald Trump had an inappropriate conversation with a foreign power now known to be Ukraine reportedly made that claim based on hearsay.
Fox News’ senior political analyst Brit Hume noted Saturday how CNN admitted that the political firestorm is all based on a whistleblower, thought to be a White House intelligence agent, with second-hand information:
Here’s a “new revelation” in this article: the whistleblower complaint is based on hearsay. From the article: “The whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge of the communications, an official briefed on the matter told CNN.” https://t.co/rPPVRD88Qp
— Brit Hume (@brithume) September 21, 2019
The CNN story cited by Hume suggests, “It is hard to see how any of this ends well†but doesn’t mention the whistleblower’s precarious grip on his inside information until the reader is deep within the report.
“The whistleblower didn’t have direct knowledge of the communications, an official briefed on the matter told CNN. Instead, the whistleblower’s concerns came in part from learning information that was not obtained during the course of their work, and those details have played a role in the administration’s determination that the complaint didn’t fit the reporting requirements under the intelligence whistleblower law, the official said.â€
That last bit is directly from the CNN piece, which is a rather important point, wouldn’t you say? But, they waited till paragraph 22 to post it. It’s almost like they didn’t want you to know that the allegations are, charitably, based on the whistleblowers office mate’s friend’s coworkers sister’s Twitter feed or something
(Fox News) Rudy Giuliani channeled President Trump Monday with a wee-hours Twitter blitz aimed at turning the Ukraine story currently roiling Washington into a big problem for Democrats.
Giuliani, the personal attorney for Trump and outspoken critic of Joe Biden and his son’s relationship with Ukraine, accused Kiev of laundering $3 million to Hunter Biden, suggested that the Obama administration turned a blind eye and made the prediction that the scandal is in its infancy.
“If Dem party doesn’t call for an investigation of Bidens’ millions from Ukraine and billions from China, they will own it,†he tweeted. “Bidens’ made big money selling public office. How could Obama have allowed this to happen? Will Dems continue to condone and enable this kind pay-for-play?”
Regardless of your opinion of Rudy, he does have a few salient points. And, for all the focus on Trump, are any reporters attempting to dig in to what the Biden’s did in Ukraine? It’s not actually a new story, but, it’s like the people who get paid to report the news are avoiding the answers intentionally. But, as long as they continue to cover this one sided, what the Biden’s did will cause people to use the ‘net to look up what the non-traditional media have already uncovered. And make Biden look bad.
