CNN reporter Marshall Cohen recently wrote a piece on “the reckoning” coming now that the Steele dossier has been shown quite conclusively to be BS.
CNN: “Trump swiftly rejected Steele's claims and said a ‘group of opponents … put that crap together.’ Nearly five years later, it's clearer than ever that he wasn't too far off about the origins of the dossier.” https://t.co/7oqUF1kQeT
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) November 19, 2021
And that’s great. There should absolutely be a reckoning.
But for what it’s worth, Glenn Greenwald doesn’t think we should hold our breath for one:
CNN has a long article by @MarshallCohen that purports to provide a "reckoning" on the Steele Dossier. It admits that much of it has been proven to be a fraud, that much of the media participated in the fraud, and Trump has been "partially vindicated."https://t.co/7pjrwkZBvE
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
The reality — which the corporate media is still trying to conceal even as they pretend to admit they helped perpetuate a fraud — is that virtually every sector of the liberal media made the core conspiracy theory of the Steele Dossier (Putin blackmail) central to our politics: pic.twitter.com/yn6ly9L8ZH
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
Even when they didn't mention the Steele Dossier explicitly, all of the major media outlets in the liberal sector — NYT, WPost, NBC, CNN — constantly pushed, for years, the deranged conspiracy theory from it: that Putin had seized control of the US through blackmail over Trump. pic.twitter.com/xgMaQKt9Mp
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
Don't let them trick you into thinking they're providing accountability for this. Not one journalist will lose their job for this fraud. On its payroll, CNN still has most of the security state agents and media liars who most pushed the Steele Dossier, including @NatashaBetrand.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
Almost every discussion on both CNN and MSNBC for years began this way: we now welcome our panel of former prosecutors, FBI agents, CIA operatives, NSA and Pentagon officials, here to tell us why Trump is controlled by Putin. Look how they merged with the security state: pic.twitter.com/soRYNse7X6
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
They all used the Steele Dossier over and over, even when they pretended they weren't. That the Kremlin had seized control over the US was the central, core theme of the Democratic Party and corporate media like NBC, CNN and the NYT for years. Just look at them do it: pic.twitter.com/rDLxTKzVoZ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
The NYT and WPost in particular are in this desperate mode of pretending it was just the crazy cable hosts — not the Serious Journalists like them — who pushed this. It's an utter lie. The Pulitzers they showered themselves with included this fraud.https://t.co/muSgeeepcP
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
The reason there can't be any accountability for the Steele Dossier fraud — which they are now finally forced to admit was a fraud — is because they were all implicated in it. Where would the accountability begin? Who in media stood up and objected? They all went along with it.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
By far the two biggest liars in politics were @AdamSchiff and @ericswalwell, who just happen to be the favorite sources and guests for CNN and NBC. Most of the Congressional leaks that were lies came from those two, plus Pelosi. It was a union of media, Dems & the security state.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
Right, I did and so did a few others. But those who objected were immediately cast out off those corporate precincts, banned, and were declared to be off-limits, radioactive and crazy, so all dissent was eliminated. Only the liars remained, unchallenged:https://t.co/7VSGs6ZQWK
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
This is why a "reckoning" of the 4-year fraud they perpetrated is impossible: pic.twitter.com/nRtEtEZbpR
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
Just as the media in 2004 tried pretending it was only Judy Miller who spread WMD falsehoods — scapegoating her as a way to protect themselves — they're now trying to pretend that it was only Maddow and Ben Smith responsible for the Steele Dossier. It was an industry-wide scam. pic.twitter.com/1zvGmlKrXB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 19, 2021
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