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The Steele dossier was being circulated among officials in Washington and they were taking it into account when dealing with things like law enforcement investi
by ameliaquining 5y ago
The Steele dossier was being circulated among officials in Washington and they were taking it into account when dealing with things like law enforcement investigations into Trump. That, in and of itself, makes it newsworthy and creates a public interest in knowing what's in it, regardless of whether its claims are true or not.
- paul7986 5y agoall of it's claims are true? Did HIlary Clinton not fund it? No left or right bias here ... only objectivity! Hbu?
- pessimizer 5y agoEvery news outlet excepting Buzzfeed disagreed with your philosophy of newsworthiness, and it led to years of political catastrophe and public opinion of journalism reaching its nadir.
- paul7986 5y agoProbably is too blinded by bias to think clearly and objectively. Yet my comment is being downvoted so unintelligent bias is still ruling over otherwise intelligent people.
- ameliaquining 5y agoI'll acknowledge that this is a minority opinion, but it's not totally without support. E.g., Nate Silver agrees: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/should-rumors-like-the-trump-dossier-be-news/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/should-rumors-like-the-... I'm also skeptical of the claim that the Steele dossier had any major long-term consequences at all, but I suppose that's a difficult question to resolve.