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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN: "We didn't tell Claude Taylor any damned thing."
Top CNN Exec: "Who the Hell is Claude Taylor and why is he saying shit on Twitter about CNN? If we had transcripts of Trump people talking to Russians, we'd run a goddamn Breaking News Alert around the freaking clock. Claude Taylor is full of shit."
See, I have "sources" deep inside CNN, too...
Orrex
(63,224 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)If you like it, it's as true as it possibly can be, right?
Ezior
(505 posts)Perfect
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)He has almost 100,000 posts on DU. Would he lie to you about "sources?" Sheesh!
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)You teed it up, MM. I had to swing at it.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)you never can tell. I guess people will have to use their own judgment. Which is more likely:
1. CNN is sitting on a monstrous story, but leaked it to Claude Taylor instead of blowing up the news on cable?
2. Claude Taylor is full of crap about his "CNN Exec Source?"
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)What is 2?
Satch59
(1,353 posts)That CNN told him...he's claiming he got quotes/info from other sources. And it seems he's not the only one confirming this along with with WAPO having some bomb... Taylor has reported stuff that proved true: the grand juries, Flynn flipping, Kushner being the person of interest awhile back, amongst others... He's not always correct and you'll come back with a list of fails but I find it plausible that Mueller's team is carefully orchestrating the roll out of this case and asking news media and papers to hold on pieces only helps keep his large net secure...
jmg257
(11,996 posts)I haven't seen that yet!!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Are you accusing Taylor of the very tactic that you're using?
When you headline a false or misleading narrative, it doesn't make any difference how many posts you wrote. You get no credibility.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)They don't want their names released because embarrassment about talking to me.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)I bet you there's someone who already posted this on twitter ("CNN denial" .
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Nobody tweets anything I say, not even me.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)Or are you being facetious?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)I'm dying.
Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Or did I just bomb? I can never get that right.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)Not a big earth shaking development. Not holding my breath....
Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)And her demeanor when she did so suggests that it isn't any sort of bombshell along these lines, or even remotely connected to trump-Russiagate.
krawhitham
(4,647 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)if not all of it.
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)You don't have his sources, so you tear him down. Meanwhile, you add to the confusion.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)The best sources, believe me!
There is zero confusion in my post. It's very clear that I'm talking out of my ass, as indicated by the emoticon:
As for pettiness, I stopped wearing those back in 1960.
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Someone scanning headlines on DU will not see your lovely emoticon, and is apt to take your post as truth.
We get it, you don't like Mensch and Taylor. Why don't you give it a rest.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I probably shouldn't have done that. Really.
I was just following standard practice. viz:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9291970
BTW, I never rest. Really. I sleep only in fits and starts.
Oneironaut
(5,524 posts)Their information is overwhelmingly bogus, to the point that any decently-informed person who watches CNN could make similar guesses and have the same success rate.
They're both wannabes. They're conning Liberals for notoriety and fame. I can't believe people still take them seriously.
By the way, still waiting for Trump's impending indictment...
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Let 'em post whatever they want. I don't mind at all. It gives me something to do, after all.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Some people take themselves very seriously.
Thanks for the laughs, MinMan. They are few and far between these days.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Comic relief is important, as you say...