Seth Abramson, journalism prof/prosecutor, explains why NYT/Intercept story was bad journalism.

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[TwistOneUp]

1. To quote Shakespeare:

Methinks thou doth protest too much.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. This is the one that angers me the most.....utterly ignored; puts the lie to all the deep state BS

13. Just so, a *second* story the NYT failed to report pre-election—as did everyone else—is the "Trumplandia" story: rogue agents in the New York field office of the FBI who illegally leaked information to Rudy Giuliani to try to coerce Jim Comey into re-opening the Clinton case.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. that's the one

That one is what makes me skeptical about all MSM and the FBI itself.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. FBI has always been a far right force of oppression, deeply rooted in the insanely repressive

Philosophy of Hoover and his REPUBLICAN acolytes, groomed in his image for 90years, and continuing on pretty much the same ever since

The Giuliani bund is just an obvious example

How many democrats have ever headed the FBI?

This many:







That’s right.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. nature of the job

The FBI has to be suspicious and methodical to do the job required. It needs to be overseen by people who are keenly aware of the danger to the country that comes with the power of the bureau's investigative and data collection abilities.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. And hows that been working out for us so far?

Ask MLK, for starters, or RFK

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. perfect examples

Hoover was a shadow despot. He should have been removed decades earlier. He was, perhaps, the right one to build it, but definitely the wrong one to run it.

The head of the FBI needs to be someone who holds the Constitution as almost sacred, in order to avoid going power mad like J. Edgar.

[RandomAccess]

8. K&R