Buzzfeed report picked up by the rest of the media including CNN without any fact checking

[b]is a terrific example of trial by slander. Fortunately Mueller slammed buzzfeed. Apparently at least he believes in due process. Look it up it’s in the CONSTITUTION[/b]

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FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

Toobin on CNN says this reenforces all the negative feelings towards the media. He is right.

There may be some truth in the story but they let their partisanship dictate that they publish without all of the facts and it bit them in the ass. How many times do they have to it before they learn?

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@FreeSpirit1

Not everything reported in the Watergate scandal was 100% accurate either.

The end result? The same.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

The prosecutors didn’t immediately squelch unfounded media rumors back then. @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson [quote]The prosecutors didn’t immediately squelch unfounded media rumors back then.[/quote]

Maybe because the special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, was fired?

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

He didn’t before being fired and no one did after the firing. The media required this thing called SOURCES back then. @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson [quote]He didn’t before being fired and no one did after the firing. The media required this thing called SOURCES back then.[/quote]

Many people initially thought Cox was too soft on Nixon.

One reporter said, "Prosecutors are supposed to have the instincts of a shark; this one seemed more like a dolphin."

But the firing of Cox merely ramped up impeachment. If anything, it speeded up Nixon's ouster.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

You may not have been around then. Nixon resigned. No ouster no impeachment. If all of us try to keep it 100 we all will be the better for it 😀 @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson

😂

We all know what was coming around the corner if he hadn't resigned.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Didn’t look good once the tapes came out. @beckyromero