ABC 'Clarifies' Its Story Claiming Trump Instructed Flynn to Contact the Russians During the Campaig

[Free Vulcan]

ABC News released a statement tonight — long after news had raced the length and breadth of the nation and spawned in some quarters speculation that the end was near for Donald Trump — that significantly “clarified” reporting that Trump had ordered Michael Flynn to contact Russia during the campaign. Here’s ABC’s statement:

CLARIFICATION of ABC News Special Report: Flynn prepared to testify that President-elect Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians *during the transition* — initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, confidant now says. https://t.co/ewrkVZBTbc pic.twitter.com/GQAKwT1Eda

 â€” ABC News (@ABC) December 2, 2017

This is one heck of a clarification. In reality, it’s a retraction of a report that was so momentous that it arguably helped send stocks briefly tumbling. Word that Trump ordered Flynn to reach out during the campaign raises the possibility of collusion. Communication with a foreign power during the transition, however, is normal, reasonable, and often prudent. This is no small detail. It’s an extraordinarily irresponsible mistake.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/454295/abc-clarifies-its-story-claiming-donald-trump-instructed-michael-flynn-contact

[Right_in_Virginia]

ABC’s Brian Ross Entirely Misleads All Media on Flynn Story – ABC Desperately Backtracks…
Conservative Treehouse, Dec 1, 2017, sundance

You might remember ABC’s Brian Ross for previously making the absurd on-air claim that Colorado mass shooter James Holmes was a Tea Party member.  He completely made up the story, and later apologized.

Well, today ABC News Brian Ross again appeared directly on ABC World News to break a story claiming that candidate Donald Trump told campaign adviser Michael Flynn to make contact with Russians.

Watch, and note specifically what Brian Ross reports:  …”as a candidate, Donald Trump ordered him, directed him, to contact the the Russians.”

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There’s a big difference between candidate Trump telling Michael Flynn to make contact with the Russians (Brian Ross claim – which is entirely false).  And after the election, late December, when President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team via Jared Kushner tells Flynn it’s ok to make contact with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, vis-a-vis discussions over how to fight ISIS in Syria.


Read more w/video:  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/01/abcs-brian-ross-entirely-misleads-all-media-on-flynn-story-abc-desperately-backtracks/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Fake news.  One jackass reports it, every other jackass repeats it verbatim.  The markets plunge.  Pundits do the happy dance.

Welcome to freedom of the press. 

When do we hold Brian Ross accountable??   

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AhBvJP48fY

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Fake news.  One jackass reports it, every other jackass repeats it verbatim.  The markets plunge.  Pundits do the happy dance.

Welcome to freedom of the press. 

When do we hold Brian Ross accountable??   

And still we have a few on our side, here, patiently waiting for the newest media tripe/democrat talking point to use as proof we were wrong to vote for Donald Trump. See? Russia was colluding with Trump to get him elected. —had that actually been the case, I would have wished Russia success!

[Bigun]

Fake news.  One jackass reports it, every other jackass repeats it verbatim.  The markets plunge.  Pundits do the happy dance.

Welcome to freedom of the press. 

When do we hold Brian Ross accountable??   

The very best way to do that is to turn it off and NEVER turn it back on again!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUtRGrvkqM

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That’s embarrassing. How frustrating and sad to see that to these dimwits politics lie beyond the realm of reason and logic.

[Right_in_Virginia]

A good point by point of what happened yesterday ....

ABC’s False Flynn Reporting Proves Our Society Needs Ways To Punish The Fake News Media
DB Daily Update, Dec 2, 2017, David Blackmon


*  Nothing to see here, folks, move along.  Nothing to see here. – ABC’s Brian Ross proved once again yesterday that he really should be working at CNN.  Ross’s breathless morning report that Mike Flynn was ready to testify that then-candidate Donald Trump had instructed him to collude with the Russians to try to impact the election threw the entirety of the fake news media and social media into a tizzy, with liberals at every media outlet excitedly predicting that this was the “beginning of the end” for President Trump.

*  There was just one problem, though:  the story was, as Ross’s stories so often turn out to be, completely false.  But ABC let it hang out there all day long, negatively impacting the 401K accounts of millions of Americans by tanking the stock market, before finally forcing Ross to correct his fake story on the network’s nightly newscast.


More: http://dbdailyupdate.com/index.php/2017/12/02/abcs-false-flynn-reporting-proves-our-society-needs-ways-to-punish-the-fake-news-media/

[Right_in_Virginia]

That’s embarrassing. How frustrating and sad to see that to these dimwits politics lie beyond the realm of reason and logic.

ABC is yanking these YouTube videos ... I found another one.  Let's see how long they allow this one to stay up.   

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ABC is yanking these YouTube videos ... I found another one.  Let's see how long they allow this one to stay up.   

ABC wants to send Joy Behar’s lunatic reaction to their phony news story down the Black Hole of Knowledge.

[Emjay]

ABC News released a statement tonight — long after news had raced the length and breadth of the nation and spawned in some quarters speculation that the end was near for Donald Trump — that significantly “clarified” reporting that Trump had ordered Michael Flynn to contact Russia during the campaign. Here’s ABC’s statement:

This is one heck of a clarification. In reality, it’s a retraction of a report that was so momentous that it arguably helped send stocks briefly tumbling. Word that Trump ordered Flynn to reach out during the campaign raises the possibility of collusion. Communication with a foreign power during the transition, however, is normal, reasonable, and often prudent. This is no small detail. It’s an extraordinarily irresponsible mistake.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/454295/abc-clarifies-its-story-claiming-donald-trump-instructed-michael-flynn-contact

What's really interesting (besides that ABC lied again) is how much the stock market seems to depend on Trump remaining President.