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Great moments in journalism, cont.: AP gives anonymity to entire European country to bash Trump

Here’s the latest from the Associated Press on the fallout from that Washington Post story alleging President Trump gave classified information to the Russians:

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So now entire countries get to be anonymous?!

https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/864471141649235969

Exactly. If the AP can’t tells us “which country,” maybe let readers know if it’s one of the major countries in Europe?

Reporters, however, are cool with it even though we don’t know any details at all:

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https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/864488405404721152

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/864473621443596288

Dial it back, eh?

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