So, when will all the journo who got it so, so wrong about the Steele dossier start apologizing? It’s. Time:
I want apologies. “What Horowitz describes is worse: a story about bad journalism piled on bad journalism, balanced on a third layer of wrong reporting.” https://t.co/HdIOIMQsPl
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 11, 2019
From Matt Taibi, Rolling Stone, on what we know now about the Steele dossier thanks to the Horowitz report:
And many thanks to @Techno_Fog for putting together this handy thread of journos who totally botched their initial reports on the Steele dossier:
Recommended
Read @Techno_Fog for a compilation of media statements that didn't get it quite right about the dossier…
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 11, 2019
THREAD ==>
WaPo reporter @shaneharris has been lying to the public this whole time. https://t.co/CIb3gRfBdj
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 10, 2019
Let's keep it going.@JonahDispatch
The FISA renewals were approved by the FISC Judges "after reviewing intelligence collected from Page surveillance that had nothing to do with the Steele dossier"
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
He "wants apologies" from anyone who thinks they tricked the FISA judge.
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
The notoriously inaccurate NBC News correspondent @KenDilanianNBC
"Trump is wrong about Carter Page, the dossier and the FISA warrant" pic.twitter.com/JNhiNk7Ln3
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
Reuters DC National Security Correspondent @JonathanLanday
"Dossier played minor role in Page FISA warrant." pic.twitter.com/yQ68lmveWk
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
NY Times Opinion Contributor @willwilkinson
"Dossier info wasn't grounds for issuing FISA warrant"
Most of the dossier "has been validated" pic.twitter.com/3z7cZ8RwVk
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
CNN Legal Analyst @renato_mariotti
"The dossier isn't bogus"
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
CNN Anchor @jimsciutto gets it wrong.
The FBI would "corroborate info in dossier on its own before using such intel to justify the FISA warrant" pic.twitter.com/ks8RB5lsR8
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
Fusion Natasha – @NatashaBertrand
"Nothing in the Steele dossier about Page has been disproven." pic.twitter.com/DiRu74xzFk
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
@NBCNews DOJ/DHS Correspondent @JuliaEAinsley
Page's FISA apps "were renewed three times, meaning new evidence was found and this didn't all hinge on the dossier"
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
PERSONAL FAVORITE@AshaRangappa_ with the self-own on the basis to get a FISA warrant. Muh "legal standards"
951 vs FARA (see accompanying pic from IG Report)
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
CNN Senior Justice Correspondent @evanperez
"Sessions says dossier 'substantially discredited.' That's not true." pic.twitter.com/fjcxnHlwoL
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
CNN "Reporter" @ddale8
"The dossier wasn't 'falsely' submitted" to the FISA court. pic.twitter.com/IbjuF99GkP
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
@washingtonpost blogger @JRubinBlogger
Presented without comment. pic.twitter.com/yWt9Q9DJOI
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
@just_security Co-editor-in-chief @rgoodlaw
"let's stop saying Steele dossier has not been corroborated by FBI"
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
@BrookingsGov "Senior Fellow" & Obama WH Ethics Czar @NormEisen
The "dossier is more & more corroborated by the day" pic.twitter.com/hXpDEjhpD1
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
And… in case @shaneharris tries to delete his tweet.
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 11, 2019
We’re pretty sure this list could be much, much longer but it’s a good start.
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