CNN reporting Fox News and White House pushed fake news about murder

[Blake]

"The White House worked with Fox News and a wealthy Republican donor to push a story about the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, according to an explosive lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The story was pushed in an attempt to discredit the US intelligence community's determination that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and obtained the emails released by Wikileaks, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit, which was*first reported by NPR, was filed in US District Court in the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff is Rod Wheeler, a Fox News contributor and former homicide detective hired to investigate Rich's death, who alleges that he was misquoted as part of the effort to put the story together. Douglas Wigdor, who is representing current and former Fox employees in other lawsuits against the network, is Wheeler's lawyer......."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/01/media/rod-wheeler-seth-rich-fox-news-lawsuit/index.html

[ducks]

cnn and other media pushes false stories all the time.


who says it is fake news
prove how he died

[baseline bum]

We basically have Cosmored running the nation now.

[Blake]

cnn and other media pushes false stories all the time.


who says it is fake news
prove how he died

The lawsuit says it's fake news.

We'll see if they can prove it

[Blake]

Thread title should read "allegedly"

[Thread]

Thread title should read "allegedly"

That term is only used when an illegal has raped & murdered.

[Blake]

That term is only used when an illegal has raped & murdered.

No it's not

[RandomGuy]

We basically have Cosmored running the nation now.

RUMINT has it that even Republicans in congress are beginning to contemplate the 25th amendment.

Trump's cabinet can replace him, and that is why he is beginning to fire people around him, because he has gone into full paranoia mode.

The calls for impeachment and removal are moving out from the fringe and being discussed a bit more openly/directly now, by people in position to do it.

Congress will act to save itself, and the GOP sees the midterm train bearing down on them.

[Reck]

RUMINT has it that even Republicans in congress are beginning to contemplate the 25th amendment.

Trump's cabinet can replace him, and that is why he is beginning to fire people around him, because he has gone into full paranoia mode.

The calls for impeachment and removal are moving out from the fringe and being discussed a bit more openly/directly now, by people in position to do it.

Congress will act to save itself, and the GOP sees the midterm train bearing down on them.

Another colossal failure will have them committed.

I kind of want them to go back to health care and watch them fail a fourth time.

[Pavlov]

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story


Holy shit this thing goes waaaaaay deep.

[Reck]

Hope this lawsuit goes for years. Doesn't matter the outcome as long as it critically damages that shitstain Network.

[RandomGuy]

Hope this lawsuit goes for years. Doesn't matter the outcome as long as it critically damages that shitstain Network.

+1


Fox "news" journalistic standards :lmao

This shit borders on official state media in some banana Republic.

[boutons_deux]

A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy

It’s a complicated story that, we hasten to add, is based on allegations in a lawsuit (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3904057-Wheeler-Filed-Complaint.html)

filed by a person whose quotes in that discredited story :lol

were themselves discredited. :lol

But the lawsuit includes documentary evidence (like text messages), and Folkenflik was given access to recorded calls that bolster the story as presented. What’s more, the lawsuit is predicated on Wheeler’s assertion that he never said the quotes attributed to him.

July 10, 2016
Rich is shot to death in Washington during what D.C. police describe as an attempted armed robbery. The case remains unsolved.

July 22, 2016
WikiLeaks releases (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/19/an-interactive-timeline-of-key-moments-in-the-trump-russia-investigation/?utm_term=.b31354c6d0a8) a batch of emails stolen from the DNC. That Rich was killed shortly before these files were released eventually spawns conspiracy theories about the possibility that Rich may have been involved in a plot to release them that ended in his murder.
U.S. intelligence agencies dismiss that idea. Their evidence suggests that the DNC network was accessed over a long period of time by two different Russian government agencies, as early as the summer of 2015.

Jan. 20, 2017
Trump is inaugurated as president.

February
Butowsky reaches out to Rich‘s family to offer to help fund an investigation into their son’s death. They agree.
At some point before or during February, Butowsky apparently speaks with veteran journalist Seymour Hersh, who Butowsky says indicated a link between Rich and the FBI. Hersh told Folkenflik it was “gossip” and that Butowsky “took two and two and made forty-five out of it.”

Feb. 23
Butowsky allegedly texts Wheeler to pitch him on pursuing the Rich investigation. That text:
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/08/image1.jpg&w=1484

The two speak on the phone.

Feb. 28
Butowsky, Zimmerman and Wheeler meet for the first time. Wheeler indicates that he’s surprised Zimmerman is at the meeting.
Butowsky later introduces Wheeler to the Rich family but allegedly asks that he not mention the link to Fox News.

March 14
The Rich family retains Wheeler to investigate the killing, paid for by Butowsky.

April 18
According to the lawsuit, Butowsky allegedly texts Wheeler to ask him to join a meeting with White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/08/image2.jpg&w=1484

The lawsuit alleges that Butowsky explained the reason for the meeting as to “keep [Spicer] abreast” of the investigation.

April 20

Butowsky and Wheeler meet with Spicer. Wheeler’s lawsuit claims that Spicer was given a copy of the outline of Wheeler‘s investigation and asked to be kept updated about it.

Spicer later acknowledged the meeting to NPR’s Folkenflik.

“It had nothing to do with advancing the president’s domestic agenda — and there was no agenda,” Spicer told Folkenflik. “They were just informing me of the [Fox] story.”

April 25
Wheeler meets with a D.C. detective investigating Rich‘s murder, who indicates that he has no evidence that the killing was anything other than a robbery. Butowsky allegedly sends an email to Wheeler saying that if the detective doesn’t help, “we will go after him as being part of the coverup.”

May 9
Trump fires FBI Director James B. Comey.

May 10
Butowsky and Zimmerman allegedly call Wheeler and inform him that they’ve identified an FBI source who can confirm emails between Rich and WikiLeaks.

May 11
Zimmerman shares a draft of her story with Wheeler. It doesn’t include quotes from Wheeler about that FBI link.

May 14
Wheeler claims that Butowsky had repeatedly made remarks about how the White House was paying attention to the story. On

May 14, Butowsky calls Wheeler and leaves a message that Wheeler shared with Folkenflik.

“A couple of minutes ago,” Butowsky says, “I got a note that we have the full attention of the White House on this and tomorrow let’s close this deal.”

He then texts Wheeler to inform him that Trump read Zimmerman‘s article and wants it published.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/08/image3.jpg&w=1484

To NPR, both Spicer and Butowsky deny that the president reviewed the story. Butowsky told Folkenflik he was “joking with a friend.”

May 15
The Washington Post, continuing a second week of scoops about the Trump administration, reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.aba840349068) that Trump revealed classified information in a private May 10 meeting with the Russian foreign minister.

Zimmerman informs Wheeler that her story is going to be posted shortly. She asks Wheeler for quotes on specific topics, neither of which relates to the alleged source at the FBI.

With the story set to publish, Butowsky allegedly emails Wheeler and the hosts and producers of Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.” He reinforces a key point of what he hopes to accomplish: Undercut the idea that Trump’s election was aided by Russian interference. (Emphasis is from the lawsuit.)
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/08/image4.jpg&w=1484

Zimmerman‘s story is posted on a local news station in D.C.

May 16
The story goes up (http://web.archive.org/web/20170516133954/http:/www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/16/slain-dnc-staffer-had-contact-with-wikileaks-investigator-says.html) on Fox News’ website. It includes quotes from Wheeler about the FBI source that he claims in the lawsuit he never gave to Zimmerman.

In a recording of a three-way call that day with Butowsky and Zimmerman provided to Folkenflik, she seems to acknowledge that.
“Not the part about, I mean, the connection to WikiLeaks, but the rest of the quotes in the story did” come from Wheeler, she says. Butowsky tells Wheeler, “One day you’re going to win an award for having said those things you didn’t say.”

Zimmerman says that her superiors at Fox News told her to keep the quotes. Wheelerhad first called Butowsky to complain. Butowsky allegedly pointed the finger at the White House.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/08/image5.jpg&w=1484

These quotes that Wheeler says were fabricated by Zimmerman are the heart of his lawsuit.
Spicer is asked about the story during the White House press briefing (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/16/press-gaggle-press-secretary-spicer). He claims not to be aware of the story.



Q: Sean, can we get a White House reaction or the President’s reaction to the report that said Rich was emailing WikiLeaks before his murder?MR. SPICER: I don’t — I’m not aware of — generally, I don’t get updates on DNC — former DNC staffers. I’m not aware of that.

That night, Wheeler appears on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program and supports the story, though he claims not to have personal knowledge of a Rich-WikiLeaks link.
May 17
The local D.C. station reports (http://www.fox5dc.com/news/255305734-story) that Wheeler was backtracking on the statements attributed to him — including statements made on-air.

FOX 5 DC: “You have sources at the FBI saying that there is information…”WHEELER: “For sure…”FOX 5 DC: “…that could link Seth Rich to WikiLeaks?”WHEELER: “Absolutely. Yeah. That’s confirmed.”


May 23
Fox News retracts its story (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/05/23/fox-news-retracts-its-seth-rich-story-can-it-also-retract-sean-hannity/). :lol

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/01/a-timeline-of-the-explosive-lawsuit-alleging-a-white-house-link-in-the-seth-rich-conspiracy/?utm_term=.d13fe642c1ed&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/01/a-timeline-of-the-explosive-lawsuit-alleging-a-white-house-link-in-the-seth-rich-conspiracy/?utm_term=.d13fe642c1ed&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1)

oligarchy's "fake news" propaganda factory takes America deeper down the rabbit hole.

[boutons_deux]

National security journalist calls GOP donor ‘ratfucker’ on live TV for role in Seth Rich and Benghazi hoaxes

On Tuesday, an NPR report (http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story) revealed that Ed Butowsky, a Republican donor and supporter of President Donald Trump, had orchestrated a conspiracy theory to push back on suspicions that Russia had helped Trump win the White House. According to Butowsky’s theory, Rich was murdered because he — instead of the Russians — passed stolen DNC emails to Wikileaks.

Wheeler pointed out that

Butowsky has also taken credit for spreading conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton’s role in the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

“So Butowsky is not only responsible for this conspiracy theory about Seth Rich,

but he himself claims to be responsible for the conspiracy about Benghazi,” Wheeler told DemocracyNow’s Amy Goodman.

“Fox News made a big deal about the death of four people in Benghazi in 2012 and Ed Butowsky, a Republican donor —

I would call him a ratfucker, a classic Republican operative, dirty operative

— he claims the Benghazi fake scandal came from him as well.”

“I think one of the most appalling things is yesterday Ed Butowsky deleted his Twitter account and he said,

‘People are saying mean things about me on Twitter,'”

Wheeler remarked. “And it’s like, dude,

you just invented a conspiracy about a murdered guy and you’re complaining about people being mean to you on Twitter. :lol

It’s just appalling that the Rich family has to continue to have their son be turned into the fodder of this kind of conspiracy mongering.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/national-security-journalist-calls-gop-donor-ratfcker-on-live-tv-for-role-in-seth-rich-and-benghazi-hoaxes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[DMC]

Another colossal failure will have them committed.

I kind of want them to go back to health care and watch them fail a fourth time.

I kind of want you to go back to the polls and fail again as well. That one was a doozie! :lol

[DMC]

+1


Fox "news" journalistic standards :lmao

This shit borders on official state media in some banana Republic.
Remember when Fox gave the debate questions to Donald Trump ahead of time? Oh that's right, you can't recall that because it was CNN that did it with Hillary.

:lol denial

[Adam Lambert]

lol another fucking hillary post in a thread thats not about hillary, jesus fuck man you're obsessed with that cnnt arent you?

[TSA]

Remember when Fox gave the debate questions to Donald Trump ahead of time? Oh that's right, you can't recall that because it was CNN that did it with Hillary.

:lol denial

It was as if Anderson Cooper completely forgot about this while reporting on the Seth Rich story last night

[AaronY]

Remember when Fox gave the debate questions to Donald Trump ahead of time?
I recall it:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/305534-megyn-kelly-trump-got-debate-question-in-advance

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/11/11/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-knew-her-debate-question-on-women-was-coming/

[SnakeBoy]

I kind of want you to go back to the polls and fail again as well. That one was a doozie! :lol

Are you talking about Hillary predictions or his Ossoff victory predictions?

[DMC]

lol another fucking hillary post in a thread thats not about hillary, jesus fuck man you're obsessed with that cnnt arent you?

Everything is about Hillary. Hillary is the reason you're here, under an alias, Spurminator.

[TSA]

Everything is about Hillary. Hillary is the reason you're here, under an alias, Spurminator.

Hmmm not sure I'm seeing it. Care to expand on why?

[DarrinS]

All the other networks pushed fake story about Russia

[DMC]

Hmmm not sure I'm seeing it. Care to expand on why?

He knows.

[Adam Lambert]

Hmmm not sure I'm seeing it. Care to expand on why?

i outed him as chucho. hes come unglued.

ill take it though. spurminator it is :lol

[TSA]

i outed him as chucho. hes come unglued.

ill take it though. spurminator it is :lol

lol DMC is not chucho

[Adam Lambert]

hillary
https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Ancient-Aliens.jpg

[Adam Lambert]

lol DMC is not chucho

believe what you want

he knows.

[DMC]

i outed him as chucho. hes come unglued.

ill take it though. spurminator it is :lol

I'll take an ELE bet on both, you have to kill every account you have, all 20+.

[Adam Lambert]

on what? that im spurminator?

deal. show your math.

[DMC]

on what? that im spurminator?

deal. show your math.
Doesn't work that way. You don't lose anything by saying that as your alt.

[CosmicCowboy]

That dumbass faggot isnt spurminator.

[Adam Lambert]

Doesn't work that way. You don't lose anything by saying that as your alt.

:lmao wtf are you talking about. you just made an ele bet that im spurminator. i accepted. meaning if you can prove it id be done with both.

so show your proof.

[DMC]

:lmao wtf are you talking about. you just made an ele bet that im spurminator. i accepted. meaning if you can prove it id be done with both.

so show your proof.

I won't show it to you, but I'll show it to a mediator. You sure you want that?

[Adam Lambert]

I won't show it to you, but I'll show it to a mediator. You sure you want that?

lol why would i accept those terms? stop moving the goalposts now that youre cornered.

nah man i want you to post it here for everyone to see.

[DMC]

lol why would i accept those terms? stop moving the goalposts now that youre cornered.

nah man i want you to post it here for everyone to see.

This is how ELE bets always work. There has to be a mediator who says yea or nay. I don't want to expose sensitive information to everyone.

[Adam Lambert]

what sensitive information?

im fine with this forum being the mediator. bring it to the public.

[DMC]

what sensitive information?

im fine with this forum being the mediator. bring it to the public.

:lol you thinking it's just about you.

[Adam Lambert]

:lol you thinking it's just about you.

who else would it be about? im spurminator right?

[DMC]

who else would it be about? im spurminator right?

If we just had a mediator, maybe a lawyer. Do you happen to know a lawyer, maybe a caveman who is also a lawyer?

[Adam Lambert]

why do you need a mediator?

[Adam Lambert]

:lol unhinged
:lol chucho

[DMC]

The mediator will know why I need a mediator. You may never know. I'll let you pick the mediator, but it cannot be another sock puppet of yours.

[Adam Lambert]

no thanks. sounds like some pretty serious stuff. such insider information should be shared with the forum as a whole. im sure there are a lot of people here who are interested in the secret information you claim to have and can use at will against anyone who triggers you.

[DMC]

no thanks. sounds like some pretty serious stuff. such insider information should be shared with the forum as a whole. im sure there are a lot of people here who are interested in the secret information you claim to have and can use at will against anyone who triggers you.

I haven't used it against anyone. I merely called you out (as you just basically admitted to).

All you have to do is say "yep" and it's over. I won't out your other sock puppets.

But go ahead, gather your troops.

[Adam Lambert]

oh and "you may never know"? lol sounds like a fair bet

no wonder youre such a big trump fan, you think you can just convict someone and not even tell them the case against them?

[DMC]

oh and "you may never know"? lol sounds like a fair bet

no wonder youre such a big trump fan, you think you can just convict someone and not even tell them the case against them?

Like Comey, some things I cannot reveal to those who don't hold the clearance.

:lol Nah just fucking with you, I have no idea who you are. Derailed the thread though lol

[Adam Lambert]

I haven't used it against anyone. I merely called you out (as you just basically admitted to).

All you have to do is say "yep" and it's over. I won't out your other sock puppets.

But go ahead, gather your troops.

please out my other sock puppets, i am genuinely interested in everyone else you think i am. :lmao

[Adam Lambert]

Like Comey, some things I cannot reveal to those who don't hold the clearance.

:lmao more like geraldo and the tomb.

so you have nothing. well that was fun.

[DMC]

:lmao more like geraldo and the tomb.

so you have nothing. well that was fun.

:bobo

[MultiTroll]

smh
https://www.motel6.com/bin/g6/image.propertyDetailSlider.jpg/content/dam/g6/hotel-assets/hotel-images/CA/4/m6_0004_exterior1.jpg

[Adam Lambert]

:lmao getting so mad you make a wild guess about my identity on the chance ill ban myself and you wont have to deal with me anymore.
:lmao not expecting me to call your bluff
:lmao nothingburger
:cry muh mediator
.

[DMC]

:lmao getting so mad you make a wild guess about my identity on the chance ill ban myself and you wont have to deal with me anymore.
:lmao not expecting me to call your bluff
:lmao nothingburger
:cry muh mediator
.

pffft, Helen Keller could have seen that.

[AaronY]

excellent debate

[Adam Lambert]

excellent debate

not really. im as disappointed as you are.

but careful crossing dmc or you too could be the subject of his super secret, super real Intel. just saying

[Reck]

:lmao

I've never seeing this much back pedaling since...oh wait last week when TSA got caught in multiple lies.

This cuck DMC is given the go ahead post my info and its still balking. :lol

[DMC]

:lmao

I've never seeing this much back pedaling since...oh wait last week when TSA got caught in multiple lies.

This cuck DMC is given the go ahead post my info and its still balking. :lol

Discretion, children. It's an adult thing. When you have the nuts, you don't need to bluff.

[pgardn]

I can't remember who exposed the CNN moderator trying to pass question question(s) to Hillary.

Who/what organization outed that Democratic Party girl?

[AaronY]

It was valiant effort. I give DMC an 8/10 imo

[Adam Lambert]

Discretion, children. It's an adult thing. When you have the nuts, you don't need to bluff.

hes right, adults get so flustered by political talk online that they claim to have inside info about posters that they can expose.

[DMC]

hes right, adults get so flustered by political talk online that they claim to have inside info about posters that they can expose.

I never said I would expose inside information. In fact I said just the opposite.

[pgardn]

I can't remember who exposed the CNN moderator trying to pass question question(s) to Hillary.

Who/what organization outed that Democratic Party girl?

Time out from bickering.

Anyone remember cause I don't?

Little hep please

[Reck]

Time out from bickering.

Anyone remember cause I don't?

Little hep please

The Russians through wikileaks.

[DMC]

Time out from bickering.

Anyone remember cause I don't?

Little hep please
Lemmiwinks

[pgardn]

Ok thanks.

To both posters.

[Th'Pusher]

:lol Nah just fucking with you, I have no idea who you are. Derailed the thread though lol


Discretion, children. It's an adult thing. When you have the nuts, you don't need to bluff.


I never said I would expose inside information. In fact I said just the opposite.


:lol still pretending like he Jhansi something after shitting his pants and admitting he doesn't. Followed by the old "I derailed the thread tho :lol

[DMC]

:lol still pretending like he Jhansi something after shitting his pants and admitting he doesn't. Followed by the old "I derailed the thread tho :lol

I sent you packing though, didn't I? You're still scratching you head over that one.

[Th'Pusher]

I sent you packing though, didn't I? You're still scratching you head over that one.

Over what one?