Tea Ess Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 312 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 140 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/05/1998 Share Posted February 15, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html?_r=0 " Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. " "The White House also declined to comment Tuesday night, but earlier in the day, the press secretary, Sean Spicer, stood by Mr. Trump’s previous comments that nobody from his campaign had contact with Russian officials before the election. “There’s nothing that would conclude me that anything different has changed with respect to that time period,” Mr. Spicer said in response to a question." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 That is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.35 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, missmuffet said: That is interesting. No, it is DISGUSTING and it is also coming from the leading Fake News Experts -- the New York Times. Please see my thread on rehashing lies. These guys are looking to be prosecuted, since they are simply trying to udermine Trump with all this garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Ess Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 312 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 140 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/05/1998 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 The New York Times is a reputable news source. It's extremely ironic that you would consider them to be untrustworthy while using InfoWars as a source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_S Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Servant Followers: 25 Topic Count: 275 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 5,208 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 21 minutes ago, Tea Ess said: The New York Times is a reputable news source. It's extremely ironic that you would consider them to be untrustworthy while using InfoWars as a source. I don't trust either as a news source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Ess Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 312 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 140 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/05/1998 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 What news sources do you trust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_S Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Servant Followers: 25 Topic Count: 275 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 5,208 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 17 minutes ago, Tea Ess said: What news sources do you trust? I usually look for an amalgamation of information as opposed to individual sources because things are so polarized now. I consider both the new york times and infowars to be similar in trustworthyness right now, though, which is near 0, the reason being for inforwars is that it perpetuates conspiracy theory and for the new york times because it allows its editorial board and news room to be full of people who are totally partisan politically and basically now openly so. Why would you trust info from a source who has basically a self avowed desire to destroy a politician, when they are presenting evidence against that politician, especially when the story does not name sources and only names one of the aides in question, nor does it provide any information on the content of the contacts, nor does it even claim that the aides knew they were speaking to russian intelligence officers. Foreign service intelligence officers, by their very nature, are covert. If you called your insurance company and the guy who answers is an intelligence operative working there to maintain a cover, then you have been in contact with a foreign intelligence officer. This is not a typical thing to happen to most people, but it happens. It is a lot more likely to happen in the case of people who foreign governments are attempting to gather intelligence on, such as presidential campaigns of rival nations. I'm not saying this did or did not happen, just that when you run a story like that with significant implications, but are unwilling to really provide any evidence of those implications, you could be doing damage that is unwarranted. The story basically says "we talked to some people and they said that some other people talked to some other people." This is why i distrust the new york times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.35 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 52 minutes ago, Tea Ess said: The New York Times is a reputable news source. It's extremely ironic that you would consider them to be untrustworthy while using InfoWars as a source. Sorry, but you should update your information. The so-called "reputable" news sources have all been exposed as thoroughly partisan and worse. Why don't you investigate them a little more? http://realhardfacts.com/new-york-times-fake-news/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Tea Ess said: The New York Times is a reputable news source. It's extremely ironic that you would consider them to be untrustworthy while using InfoWars as a source. The New York Slimes is simply a liberal rag and cannot be trusted to be an objective and fair news source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted February 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted February 15, 2017 While there is no real comparison between the NYTimes and Infowars this story from the Times has too many holes and should have been left till they could be filled in. The fact that 3 people have had to leave the Trump team due to ties and dealings with Russia is significant on its own accord and does not need innuendo from "unnamed sources". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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