Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:45     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
Not much on fake dossier in this report. Can't wait until the FISA IG report is released.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:44     Subject: The Mueller Report
The ‘quiz’ they gave to trump, and which he signed statements about... holy crap. What a quiz to receive.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:44     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So much for FAKE NEWS!


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Again and again and again and again, Mueller report is confirming the accuracy (in great detail) of stories by The NYT and WashPost, as reporters helped inform the public of the events related to the investigation in real time.
8:58 AM - 18 Apr 2019
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Excellent point



Very true.


+1
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:43     Subject: The Mueller Report
How will congress and (assuming) congressional staffers be able to keep their lips sealed on the redacted portions? I know most of it ongoing allegations, so that might be their motivation (to not get in the way of those important followups)....

I just hope their unredacted copies are highlighted over the redacted parts so they know what not to reveal.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:43     Subject: The Mueller Report
God the section on Papadopolis is troubling. No wonder he went to jail.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:41     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: Memo to the Press: How Not to Screw Up on the Mueller Report

Back in February, writing with Susan Hennessey and Mikhaila Fogel, we laid out “Four Principles for Reading the Mueller Report.”

When we made these suggestions, we were candidly not anticipating what turned out to be an important intervening event: the release of Attorney General William Barr’s letter describing the top-line prosecutorial judgments Mueller had reached without releasing any of the underlying factual or analytic work product.

The press, to put it mildly, has not handled the confusion well. News reporting initially dramatically overstated what Barr had actually said about the report—to the point that Barr himself clarified in a second letter to Congress that he hadn’t been summarizing its content. The reporting also frequently confused prosecutorial judgments with normative judgments and presumed factual conclusions from declinations in a fashion that may well be incorrect.

It is rare that life offers a true opportunity for a do-over, but this is one of those times for the press. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Appropriations on April 10, Barr said that the report will be out next week. So the press will imminently have another chance to cover this document—this time the real thing—in a thoughtful and serious manner. To avoid needless errors, both factual and analytic, here are nine suggestions for writing about the document—things to do, and things not to do.

focus on what the report actually says.

The big story, at least initially, is not how people are reacting to the report.

accept that there could be more than one story to tell about the report’s contents.

be careful not to confuse prosecutorial judgment with facts.

the decision not to prosecute a person for some alleged conduct is not a historical judgment that the conduct didn’t happen.

the decision not to prosecute someone based on the factual record does not end the analysis of that record.

the declination of criminal charges does not answer counterintelligence questions that the same fact patterns may raise.

the declination of criminal charges does not answer counterintelligence questions that the same fact patterns may raise.

Finally, ninth, don’t look for unified field theories.

So let the report be complicated. It will be even if you resist.


This lawfare article is the best legal viewpoint I have read in a while. Very apt advice for media, but is also excellent thoughts for us to see the report beyond the partisan analysis and expectations.


Yes the media needs to take it slow like hurricane coverage.
Even if the eye of the hurricane is anticipated to make landfall at 11am, we don’t need breaking news coverage from 11am-12pm, with all conclusions drawn and debates beginning at 12pm. We need continued coverage, waiting out the storm (behind the scenes reading of the report) with slow and sure coverage over time. Just as the locals affected by a hurricane need calm and factual information to help them survive the aftermath .... the American people need calm and factual (not overblown or sensational) stories.


I agree. Media should not blow this opportunity by rushing.

There should be an agreed upon 3-week review period. All think pieces and analysis should come later.

There is SO much to unpack.

I started reading it backward, and I’m impressed by how many investigations by non-SCO there are. All the redacted stuff, but at the end you can see them enumerated.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:41     Subject: The Mueller Report
The "media got egg on its face" crowd -- e.g. Greenwald & Taibbi -- are looking pretty foolish at the moment.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:40     Subject: The Mueller Report
Well one thing we can all agree on: Trump is the most Nixonian president since Nixon himself.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:35     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
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Anonymous wrote:So much for FAKE NEWS!


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Again and again and again and again, Mueller report is confirming the accuracy (in great detail) of stories by The NYT and WashPost, as reporters helped inform the public of the events related to the investigation in real time.
8:58 AM - 18 Apr 2019
https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1118906592882241536



Excellent point



Very true.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:12     Subject: The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:Don Jr. was working with Wikileaks. (Pg60)

People who are defending the President clearly did not read this report. Incredible how anyone could say this clears Trump and the Trump campaign.


Did the idiot really say "off the record" in an email/DM?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:07     Subject: The Mueller Report
Don Jr. was working with Wikileaks. (Pg60)

People who are defending the President clearly did not read this report. Incredible how anyone could say this clears Trump and the Trump campaign.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 14:03     Subject: The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:You folks are deranged.

Good luck


Why do you think that?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 13:33     Subject: The Mueller Report
You folks are deranged.

Good luck
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 13:32     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Muller Report Summary: TRUMP IS UNFIT TO BE THE PRESIDENT!


This. It makes clear he has not upheld his oath to the office to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.



+1

Anonymous
Post 04/18/2019 13:30     Subject: Re:The Mueller Report
Anonymous wrote:So much for FAKE NEWS!


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Again and again and again and again, Mueller report is confirming the accuracy (in great detail) of stories by The NYT and WashPost, as reporters helped inform the public of the events related to the investigation in real time.
8:58 AM - 18 Apr 2019
https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1118906592882241536

Excellent point