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this piece seems to be conflating the more measured reporting from the mainstream press with the careless (and criticized) dump by BuzzFeed (and throwing in som

this piece seems to be conflating the more measured reporting from the mainstream press with the careless (and criticized) dump by BuzzFeed (and throwing in some cheering liberals for good measure). Trump did the same thing at the news conference. In his case it was a tactic to hand-waive away the entire news industry as fake. i get the article's point, but i think we need to be very precise lest we stumble right into Trump's narrative (he and his team are clearly very good at this)

throwanem 10y ago
> conflating the more measured reporting from the mainstream press with the careless (and criticized) dump by BuzzFeed I'd say it is using the former to criticize the latter. Will you expand on the analysis that informs your interpretation?
bainsfather 10y ago
A UK view here. The Guardian newspaper had this [0] on their front page yesterday [1]. I would not call it measured reporting. In contrast the FT and Economist were much more measured - they presumably still care about their reputation for sober reporting. It's a poor state when the financial/business press is what I must read to find the truth on this topic. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-gi... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2017/jan/11 https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2017/jan/11