Fake news: Joy Reid pushes myth about intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference

As Twitchy has reported, President Donald Trump and the U.S. intelligence community clashed again on Saturday over Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In short, Trump pushed former members of the intelligence community on Russia, and former members of the intelligence community pushed back.

https://t.co/JmZYDz8Rnl “Every time (Putin) sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that…and I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it."

— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) November 11, 2017

CIA pushes back at Trump: We "stand by" assessment Russia interfered in 2016 election https://t.co/18gqdOezL0 pic.twitter.com/AfrvB8iOyG

— The Hill (@thehill) November 11, 2017

Trump continues to slam former US intel leaders: “I mean, give me a break, they are political hacks…I mean, you have Brennan, you have Clapper and you have Comey..So you look at that and you have President Putin very strongly, vehemently says he had nothing to do with them”

— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) November 11, 2017

Of course MSNBC’s Joy Reid was inspired to tweet, but seriously: how does she manage to hold onto a cable news show when she gets the facts wrong so often?

To be clear: Donald Trump, president of the United States, does NOT believe the 17 American agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community re Russian meddling in the election. But he DOES believe former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Let that sink in. https://t.co/FR2oY4Pk21

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 11, 2017

To be clear, the idea that 17 intelligence agencies found evidence of Russian meddling in the election has been debunked (here’s PolitiFact’s coverage from back in July). Only three agencies — the CIA, FBI, and NSA — contributed information, and that assessment was published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

23,000 retweets for Joy Reid peddling false "17 agencies" line that both NYTimes and AP retracted 4 months ago. https://t.co/qMeyCRqLGQ https://t.co/qj1kixwtFw

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 11, 2017

Joy didn't get the memo about 17 intel agencies. LMAO https://t.co/ORKT01gQGG

— Bernie 2020-#IamTulsi #IamJill (@HillaryGuess) November 12, 2017

Just gonna leave this here pic.twitter.com/FS5w3RnqrZ

— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) November 11, 2017

The "17 agencies" was proven false long ago. Maybe you should actually fact check things you are given to tweet from Obama and Clinton before they make you look dumber than you already do. https://t.co/4Mq69FFyHa

— Kirk Smith (@SavingAmerica4U) November 11, 2017

Just to be clear: the “17 intelligence agencies” talking point has been proven to be completely false. Embarrassing!https://t.co/EG6q7qj6En

— Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) November 11, 2017

Joy Reid is another pretend journalist who is still repeating the myth about 17 intelligence agencies saying Russia interfered in the election. Does she not know, or is she lying? https://t.co/7yxcRmME01

— ❌Righteous⚡️Crusader❌ (@Craftmastah) November 11, 2017

Do you ever tweet anything that's not completely stupid or disproven? https://t.co/jKNd8yHaPN

— Patrick H. (@trogdor8768) November 12, 2017

To be clear: The report was done by "hand-picked" analysts from FBI, NSA, & CIA (3, not 17!). And the NSA was only "moderately confident" regarding the alleged "meddling."?

And no one in US gov analyzed DNC servers.?
And Mueller hasn't even talked to Assange.?#IBelievePutin https://t.co/JdnHl6nyLq

— Andrew Joseph (@A_Joseph1616) November 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/WeAIIWin/status/929375039551500288

I don't believe Clapper, Brennan, and Comey either. https://t.co/hgtil5eJ8K

— Dusty (@dustopian) November 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/ThinBlueLR/status/929410750120169473

Hi! I'm Joy Reid and I'm here to spread Russian Propaganda through knowingly false statements. https://t.co/oqKxcPfkp5

— ? Special Agent Fox "SPOOKY" Mulder ? (@Fox_Mulder_8) November 12, 2017

Well Joy, I'd believe Vlad before you or any other MSM outlet. You're just a lying arm of the CIA pushing a fake Russian narrative.

BTW, it wasn't 17 agencies — it was 3! https://t.co/DGgEpmwuQL

— Tracy Lavelle (?) (@ms_defied1) November 11, 2017

Think about it. This tweet, which is a blatant lie, has been RT/Fav 10s of thousands of times in 8 hours. But, we're supposed to believe that Jesus and Buff Bernie memes sent from Russia are the real problem. https://t.co/07JpCLsVhG

— Kamala Harris is a Cop (@BethLynch2020) November 11, 2017

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