Matt Taibbi blows up media over ‘Russiagate whitewashing era’ as Steele dossier credibility crumbles

The media’s headlines 18 November

In media news today, Bill Maher and Chris Cuomo clash over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, The Washington Post covers a dozen Steele dossier articles, and a contributor to the New York Times says that inflationary panic is driven by ‘rich people’ who are mad about their devalued assets.

Journalist Matt Taibbi wrote a devastating Substack post in which he stated that liberal media knew exactly what they were doing by pushing the discredited Christopher Steele case and would “sell everyone out to avoid admitting” that they were wrong, as the credibility of the document falls apart.

Taibbi feels that Igor Danchenko, who was indicted as a result of Special Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the Trump-Russia investigation, is “set up to take the rap as the dirty Russian rat who tricked the poor bourgeois Christopher Steele, FBI ., and the entire U.S. press corps to support the biggest scam since the weapons of mass destruction affair. “

Matt Taibbi wrote a devastating Substack post titled “The Russiagate Whitewash Era Begins,” declaring that the liberal media knew exactly what they were doing by pushing the now discredited Steele case. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage)
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Danchenko, who is believed to be a sub-source for the dossier, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to making false statements about the source of information he provided to Steele.

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Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi wrote the indictment suggests that “Danchenko may have obtained his information about the hotel meeting, not from Millian, but from a Democratic Party agent with long-standing ties to Hillary Clinton,” noting that Clinton ally Charles Dolan, Jr. the unnamed operator when he wrote an article announcing the changes.

Taibbi reminded readers of the debacle it happened when the United States failed to detect weapons of mass destruction after invading Iraq under the George W. Bush administration, noting that war-hungry experts blamed “a combination of defective intelligence services, assuring officials in the George W. Bush White House” and Judith Miller, while “everyone else who so powerfully knuckled that story” got one passed. Taibbi specifically cited New Yorker editor David Remnick, New York magazine columnist Jonathan Chait, and Atlantic editor Jeffrey Golberg as examples of journalists who “emerged either unharmed or draped in awards and promoted” after the WMD failure.

“Now the Ruslandgate story, like many of the same hyped people, is falling apart and the industry is once again building battles to protect careers from a cascade of humiliating revelations,” Taibbi wrote.

“This time, a combination of Danchenko, Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith and maybe a few organizations like McClatchy will be thrown out of the lifeboat. If you’re ever tempted to believe there’s honor among thieves, check out this recent burst of Russiagate -finger.-pointing, “Taibbi continued.

Taibbi then praised NBC’s Chuck Todd as “one of the biggest human traffickers in Russiagate hokum,” for his questions during a recent interview with House House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, which gave the dossier credibility.

Matt Taibbi then blasted NBC’s Chuck Todd as “one of the biggest traffickers in Russiagate Hokum.” (Photo by: William B. Plowman / NBC)
(William B. Plowman / NBC)

Accusations against STEELE-DOSSIER SOURCE REMIND MEDIA WATCH DOGS ABOUT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD BELIEVE IN IT

Todd was one of several experts who scolded BuzzFeed for publishing the dossier in the first place.

“There are some news organizations that made the mistake of publishing this dossier without confirming it, and it’s a separate conversation for these news organizations,” Todd told Schiff.

The Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler and a guest essay from the New York Times by former Columbia Journalism School Dean Bill Grueskin have also blamed BuzzFeed, Taibbi pointed out.

Grueskin’s Times essay included a list of reasons why the now discredited case was taken seriously by the liberal media, with examples including “Mr Trump had long been without Mr Putin’s favor” and “the denials came from confirmed liars,” together with the noted. many journalists simply did not like or trust Trump.

“No big deal, just an Ivy League J-school Dean offers apology after apology to journalists who could not bring themselves to tell the truth during the biggest scandal of the Trump years because they ‘did not want to appear to be on his side, “Taibbi wrote. “He should say that any journalist who is too afraid of peer pressure to do his job should go into a new line of work. Apparently, Dean Grueskin prefers a more forgiving approach to ethics.”

Taibbi also targeted Kessler, who “offered a lot of apologies” for taking the matter seriously. Kessler accused everyone from BuzzFeed of “cable news shows” of pushing the dossier.

Washington Post CEO Sally Buzbee said she could not stand by previous Steele dossier reporting.

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“The Danchenko indictment seemed to blow up the long-held notion that former Russian-American chamber of commerce chief Sergei Millian was a source in the case. Kessler noted that the Washington Post twice reported on Millian in connection with the case, in 2017 and 2019. , but recently admitted his mistake and corrected and updated both stories. So that was it, “Taibbi wrote. Kessler concluded that the Steele dossier has raised unpleasant questions in media circles about whether [emphasis mine] some news organizations and television experts all too quickly embraced sketchy opposition research. ‘ He wrote three more episodes about Smith and Buzzfeed before concluding his piece. “

Taibbi feels that there was “so much sleaze” that he did not even know where to begin when he broke Kessler’s piece down.

“First, there is Kessler’s claim that the Steele dossier was a ‘sideshow’ to the ‘main event’, ie ‘the Russian government’s efforts to intervene in the 2016 election on Donald Trump’s side,'” Taibbi wrote. “This is just a lie, completely.”

Igor Danchenko, the primary source of the Steele case, was indicted as part of Special Attorney John Durham’s investigations into the origins of the investigation into whether the Trump campaign collaborated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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The independent journalist continued: “The press corps (and especially the Washington Post, which played a key role) did not keep Russia on the front pages for years due to ‘interference.’ the investigation as part of a broad, implicit promise to provide evidence of a conspiracy that would end Trump’s presidency prematurely. “

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The Post has made over a dozen corrections to reports related to the Steele dossier and relied on the infamous document for award-winning stories that has also not been corrected. Taibbi feels that businesses like the Post and Times circumvented the rules of fact-checking by “reporting the controversy” surrounding the dossier to put its obscene details in the minds of readers.

“They knew exactly what they were doing then, and they know what they are doing now, in an attempt to dump years of manipulation on people like Danchenko and Ben Smith. Do not be fooled. They were all guilty, and as we I see now that they are all selling out to avoid admitting it, “Taibbi wrote.