Is the madness of the American, UK, Canada and Australian MSM harping on Trump's collusion with the Russian government finally dying down? If so, the idiotic "journalists" are realizing that it was FAKE news from word "GO".
Ray McGovern at ConsortiumNews
"> Michael Isikoff Cuts His Losses at ‘Russian Roulette
Last Saturday, veteran Washington journalist Michael Isikoff began a John Ehrlichman/Watergate-style “modified limited hangout” regarding the embarrassing overreach in his Russia-gate “collusion” reporting. He picked an unctuous, longtime fan, radio host John Ziegler, to help him put some lipstick on the proverbial pig. Even so, the interview did not go so well.
Those
who can muster some residual empathy for formerly serious reporters who
have gotten Russia-gate so wrong, may feel genuine sadness at this
point. Those fed up with pretense, unprofessionalism, and dodging,
however, will find it hard to listen to the audible squirming without a
touch, or more, of Schadenfreude — the word Germans use to denote taking joy at the misfortune of others.
In
a word, it proved hard to square the circle inside which Isikoff and
other Russia-gate aficionados have been living for more than two years
after last week’s disclosures. Ziegler’s repeated expressions of
admiration for Isikoff’s work, plus his softball questions, utterly
failed to disguise Isikoff’s disappointment that Robert Mueller’s
Russia-gate investigation is “not where a lot of people would like it to
be.”
“A lot of people” includes Isikoff.
Commenting
on the trove of legal and other documents now available, Isikoff pretty
much conceded that he and his co-writer, journalist David Corn were, in
effect, impersonating serious investigative journalists when they
published in April 2017 their gripping Russia-gate chef d’oeuvre: “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump.”
Steele Dossier
Isikoff: Steele not verified. (Twitter)
Aware of the credulity given by Isikoff and Corn to the “Steele dossier,”
Ziegler began with what he apparently thought was a soft-ball
observation/question. “Would you agree that a lot of what is in the
Steele Dossier has been at least somewhat vindicated?”
“No,” said Isikoff flatly.
The
conversation turned to so-called “logical” explanations for leaps of
faith rather than analysis. Such as unsubstantiated accusations, like
the so-called “pee-tape” that Isikoff now says is “likely false.”
A
“modified limited hangout” is when someone’s cover story is blown and
some truth needs to be divulged to deflect further inquiry. Isikoff’s
begins at the 26:50 mark and goes on, churning one’s stomach for 30
minutes.
A better subtitle for Isikoff and Corn’s book might be “Based on What We Wanted to Believe Was a True Story.”
Isikoff told Ziegler that unless “Saint” Robert Mueller, as Democrats see him, can summon a Deus ex Machina
to provide some actual evidence linking Trump or his campaign to
collusion with Russia, former Isikoff acquaintances, like me, might
legitimately ask, “What the hell happened to you, Mike?”......
