it was first broken in ultra-right wing semi-credible publications like American Spectator and the Weekly Standard, and eventually the pseudo-respectable right wing media like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal editorial page reported on the reporting, thus absolving themselves of guilt even though they were spreading the news

in this case, the story was broken in the very left wing, semi-credible buzzfeed news, and then the pseudo-respectable left wing media outlet CNN reported on the reporting, thus absolving themselves of guilt even though they were spreading the news

For another example of this exact same pattern occurring, see the swiftboat scandal about John Kerry in 2004- ultra-partisan outlets report the story, then the mainstream media reports on the existence of the story, that's always how it goes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clinton_Chronicles

edit: not to mention the whole birther thing

and that's not even to get into lies spread about candidates and/or congressmen (john mccain fathering an illegitimate black child, "this was not a memorial to paul wellstone", etc.)

y'all always rush things, don't do power rankings until reg ends homies

speak for yourself

lost in the hubbub about this bullshit buzzfeed thing is just how ridiculous trump's press conference was

if you think previous presidents waged a war on the media, you haven't seen anything yet...

my boi with the definitive article on the subject
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/11/the-deep-state-goes-to-war-with-president-elect-using-unverified-claims-as-dems-cheer/

I wouldn't rule out some kernels of this story being true, but the CIA saying outrageous things and expecting people to believe it does have precedence

John Brennan, for instance, once claimed that there had been ZERO civilian casualties from drone strikes sooooo

check his post history for more entertainment

many people meme in other contexts and then post things about politics on here that seem equally as ludicrous to me but turn out to be their actual beliefs

I have never struggled harder to tell whether or not someone was trolling

I guess that shows how dim a view I have of most tftv posters

holy shit what is the odds

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198112468273

I win

jasmine tea because a) theyre dope and b) the na and eu scenes need to be punished for being garbo currently

I let this thread fall down because I had a ridiculous amount of work but I'm finally almost to the point where I can play games again

not sure whether or not I'm gonna be able to find an actual good team within the last week of registration (pre-extension) but hey let's see what's out there

clearly he was talking about Matt "CLOCKOWTRAITORWORK" Dias