Sullivan might not be aware that it was the Washington Post that helped ignite the Russia scare with two "Scoops" that turned out to be completely false in early 2017: the first, a piece on Russia hacking a Vermont power grid and the other a breathless story about the reach of Vladimir Putin's fake news operations.
"There's been so much solid reporting about the Trump-Russia mystery," wrote Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media correspondent, "But the media ecosystem tends to reward speculation over straight news." He would know.
In a January 2017, I wrote a column, titled "Russia Isn't Our Friend, But That Doesn't Make The Left's Conspiracy Theories True," that argued a person could view Russia as an adversary and be critical of Trump, and still not embrace fantastical notions about Putin's superhuman reach.
Now, I'm no fan of Trump's use of the fraught phrase "Enemy of the people" to attack the media.
It's undeniable that the media have done more damage to trust in American institutions, including their own, than the Russians could ever have hoped with their Twitter trolls and Facebook ads.
Russia, as they have always done and always will, tried to meddle in the American election.
Trump antagonists, with the help of the media, used fear over Russia to try to reverse the results of a legitimate election.
http://thefederalist.com/2019/03/25/media-irreparable-damage-to-the-country/
"There's been so much solid reporting about the Trump-Russia mystery," wrote Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media correspondent, "But the media ecosystem tends to reward speculation over straight news." He would know.
In a January 2017, I wrote a column, titled "Russia Isn't Our Friend, But That Doesn't Make The Left's Conspiracy Theories True," that argued a person could view Russia as an adversary and be critical of Trump, and still not embrace fantastical notions about Putin's superhuman reach.
Now, I'm no fan of Trump's use of the fraught phrase "Enemy of the people" to attack the media.
It's undeniable that the media have done more damage to trust in American institutions, including their own, than the Russians could ever have hoped with their Twitter trolls and Facebook ads.
Russia, as they have always done and always will, tried to meddle in the American election.
Trump antagonists, with the help of the media, used fear over Russia to try to reverse the results of a legitimate election.
http://thefederalist.com/2019/03/25/media-irreparable-damage-to-the-country/
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