If Trump is innocent of collusion with Russia, what happens to the media?

If you watch the news or read publications like the Washington Post or New York Times, it is easy to see why Americans feel that way. Trump has already been convicted by the mainstream media. Hardly is it ever mentioned that Democratic leaders like Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff have both said they’ve seen no evidence of collusion. Trump has said he was told by former FBI Director James Comey that he is not under investigation. During a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Feinstein corroborated that statement.

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Every day, a new bombshell of anonymous sources is dropped. In just the past two weeks alone, the New York Times’ reporting of a third party account of Comey’s memo following a February meeting with the president fueled headlines and television coverage across the country. A report that an “American official” claimed Trump called Comey a nut job to Russian officials had the same effect. The Washington Post’s report, citing “two current and two former officials,” that the president asked intelligence officials to deny there was any collusion with Russia also drove headlines and television coverage.

Americans should be skeptical though. These publications have gotten enough wrong for readers to question the veracity of the reporting. After Comey’s firing, the New York Times reported that he asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for additional resources for the investigation. But that was contradicted by acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe when he testified under oath that the FBI has adequate resources.

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