Here’s How Outlets Wrote Up — Or Ignored — The Report Of Russian Disinformation In Steele Dossier

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Here’s How Outlets Wrote Up — Or Ignored — The Report Of Russian Disinformation In Steele Dossier


Shelby Talcott
Media Reporter
April 20, 2020 8:06 AM ET

Publications that spent years reporting on the Steele dossier have either largely underreported or completely ignored the recent news showing evidence of Russian disinformation.

A GOP-led fact-checking campaign resulted in previously-classified footnotes being released. Some of the news came out April 10, followed by more being released April 15. The footnotes indicate that an organization not named in the IG report gave the FBI evidence about Russian operatives’ disinformation campaign, which ended up in the dossier.

The footnotes also indicate that the FBI had concerns dating back to 2015 regarding the dossier’s author, former British spy Christopher Steele, and his relationship to Russian oligarchs. Additionally, the U.S. intelligence community “indicated that two persons affiliated with RIS [Russian Intelligence Services] were aware of Steele’s election investigation in early July 2016,” in a June 2017 report, according to another footnote.

Numerous publications did not immediately report on the revelation, despite the multitude of reports on the situation published in the media since the dossier’s January 2017 release — much of which painted Steele in a positive, promising light. This lack of reporting was previously noted by the Daily Caller.

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/20/media-bias-report-russia-disinformation-christopher-steele-dossier/

[Free Vulcan]

None of the whirling media fancy dancing matters one bit. All that matters is the DOJ pulling the trigger and putting people in jail.

I wanna see orange. Don't give a crap about any of the usual court intrigue.

The media can't do squat about anyone convicted and dragged off in handcuffs.

[Cyber Liberty]

None of the whirling media fancy dancing matters one bit. All that matters is the DOJ pulling the trigger and putting people in jail.

I wanna see orange. Don't give a crap about any of the usual court intrigue.

The media can't do squat about anyone convicted and dragged off in handcuffs.

That is what it's going to take, and I think that's fine, provided they follow through with something more than a sternly worded letter in their permanent files.  If people don't go to jail for this to make an example, others will never change their ways.