What do you think about Ken Dilanian (NBC) saying on The Beat that the left needs to...

[Grasswire2]

......fall back from Conspiracy Theories regarding Trump and Russia????

He added that no proof has been discovered.

WTH? What is a news reporter doing speaking like that??

He is suspect already for being the one constantly telling us that Mueller is nearly done.

Did anyone else see that?

[Grasswire2]

1. It is toward the end of this...

[link:https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/gop-rep-s-black-friends-defense-demolished-by-pundit-rapper-1450850883690|

[Qutzupalotl]

2. He also took a cheap shot at McCabe

Link to tweet

and outed a CIA agent:

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Ken Dilanian is not our friend.

[wishstar]

3. Dilanian should stick to more reporting and less commentary

His glib dismissal of the Trump/Russia matters as merely a "Manchurian Candidate" conspiracy theory does not line up with the increasingly damning evidence such as Cohen's Trump Tower Moscow revelations etc.

[lilactime]

4. Dilanian belongs on Fox.

[triron]

15. Yeah, beginning to

think so as well. He seems to have an agenda. Is Trump paying him under the table?

[0rganism]

19. think they'd trade him straight up for Shep?

or do we have to throw in a draft pick too?

[Grasswire2]

20. hahaha!

nice idea

[Judi Lynn]

5. He seemed unusually strange. A whole lotta strange. Thanks for the reminder. n/t

[malaise]

6. He is a

Comcast HACK

[manor321]

7. Do NOT listen to Ken Dilanian!

He is a complete and total asshole. He's been pushing the NO COLLUSION agenda for many months now.

Never ever listen to him.

And he blocked me on Twitter!

Read Seth Abramson on Ken:

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[hlthe2b]

8. Ken Dilanian was a CIA-placed media asset

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication
https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/
(also covered by Politico: https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/09/ken-dilanian-sent-cia-drafts-of-stories-194906)

He continued to do so when he worked for AP, despite AP specifically disallowing such "reviews" of pending articles (so too, did the LA Times in their ethical guidelines):

Reached by The Intercept for comment, Dilanian said that the AP does not permit him to send stories to the CIA prior to publication, and he acknowledged that it was a bad idea. “I shouldn’t have done it, and I wouldn’t do it now,” he said. “[But] it had no meaningful impact on the outcome of the stories. I probably should’ve been reading them the stuff instead of giving it to them.”

Dilanian said he was not sure if Los Angeles Times rules allow reporters to send stories to sources prior to publication. The Time’s ethics guidelines, however, clearly forbid the practice: “We do not circulate printed or electronic copies of stories outside the newsroom before publication. In the event you would like to read back quotations or selected passages to a source to ensure accuracy, consult an editor before doing so….”

So, clearly, he is more concerned about what his colleagues in the CIA want published (or not) then getting the truth out

[Grasswire2]

9. thank you for that

I'm sending it to Seth. He may already know this, as he has a lot of contempt for Dilanian. I thought it was rooted in the current mess, but it's older and broader. Ugh.

[Grasswire2]

10. I don't see why the CIA would be running him now, though...considering that he's flacking for Trump.

...when he beats up on the investigation.

[Mc Mike]

24. The agency is factionalized, not monolithic, maybe.

[Grasswire2]

11. why would a supposedly MSM news reporter be sowing confusion?

Disinformation?

Who is he really working for?

[uponit7771]

12. Mueller needs to fall back?!?!

[Grasswire2]

13. and Mueller's not even a Dem. Oy.

Dilanian's face is the definition of "smarmy" in that segment.

[uponit7771]

14. +1, Ken's point was dems were trying to say Trump is The Manchurian candidate

... and that was going too far but he tries to conflate just usual thinking of trump being involved with Russia with the left thinking he's a Manchurian candidate too.

I'm starting not to trust kens reporting of the issue he seems slightly slanted

[Grasswire2]

16. yes

Seth Abramson has been all over Ken lately for his reporting.

Something is amiss with him.

[uponit7771]

23. Yep

[OnDoutside]

17. There certainly appears to be something suspicious going on. Unfortunately who in MSM

will investigate him ? Didn't he have a right go when Natasha Bertrand disagreed with him over his assertion that Mueller was about to report ?

[OnDoutside]

18. Ha ! Way to miss the joke !

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So Ken replies...

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Lol

[Grasswire2]

21. Melania can't be forced to give information, can she?

This is getting interesting.

[uponit7771]

27. OMG, I missed it too ... I'll be honest ... cause I don't see Melania as his wife ... I don't, there

... is rarely public shows of affection towards Melanie but tons of them towards Ivanka.

[OnDoutside]

29. Easily done !

[NewJeffCT]

22. Dilanian swore back in December

that Mueller was going to wrap things up in mid February. When it was mentioned that we get reports from other media outlets (from inside the White House) that Mueller is wrapping up soon every few months, he dismissed the naysayers and stood by whoever was his inside source or sources.

It's now early March and AFAIK, Mueller is still going.

[Lars39]

25. It has me asking who his Russian contact is.

And how much money he's received.

[Grasswire2]

28. Or maybe some other KOMPROMAT

We've all seen the spy movies. We know how this works.

[INdemo]

26. I always figure that some reporters are in that tax bracket whereby they

want Republicans in office to get the tax breaks..