As an article that I read puts it: “In any event, it’s been a long time since the FBI has had a week this bad — assuming they’ve ever had one this bad.” And it’s their own ruddy fault.
Law enforcement is supposed to be objective and unbiased. The disgraceful partisan actions by Comey besmirched the integrity and reputation of the FBI.
Someone made a comment that they blamed the Internet! That got me thinking … if you look at the very popular, poorly implemented, amateur CSI work done on Reddit and Facebook for example, you can see how common gossip and innuendo can be amplified or magnified to create sensational attention that often tramples the actual facts and data and does great harm to people in the process.
Sadly, the ratings driven news outlets help boldly perpetuate these events ASAP followed by tiny errata notices a day or later with the boring facts and figures. It’s become acceptable!
Rudy Giuliani said Friday that he knew the FBI planned to review more emails tied to Hillary Clinton before a public announcement about the investigation last week, confirming that the agency leaked information to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
When he thought he had reviewed all despite the attempt to hide by deletion, he reported his findings.
When he discovered others, he reported the new information to Congress — as ordered.
.
The report would have been made much earlier if the Secretary of State had complied with the law in the first place — or when ordered to hand it over in the second place. She chose to not do so. She will do more of the same as president.
It is good that we have already gotten used to knowing she will openly and skillfully lie to us — maybe not as often as Trump, but more than ten percent of the time.
An unaccountable bureaucracy that violates the Constitution and seeks to control the government. It’s what the Right has been warning about, but they love it.
One of the many great things about the election result is that all those who tried so hard to bolster Private Citizen Hillary and weaken President-Elect Trump like this artist utterly, totally, and completely failed. This is wonderful!
One of the reasons I voted for Trump was as a rebuke to the media who needs to remember that the real job of a free press is to hold ALL our politicians accountable and work for us, the citizenry. The free press is supposed to influence government by keeping it honest, not trying to influence the public to support a political party.
Given the vigor that much of the media, like the artist of this piece had for propping up Private Citizen Hillary, I had no faith that they would do anything other than protect her regardless of what she did. That is unacceptable.
At least with President Elect Trump, I can expect the media, and this artist, to endlessly be scrutinizing his decisions and actions and even though they will probably be doing it in order to get a Democratic President in 2020, at least indirectly, they will be doing their job, since most of these so called members of the “free” press don’t seem to have the ethical fortitude to rise to what they should be doing, working for us, the citizens, not for the DNC.
Old Coal , The housecleaning shouldhave started a few decades back withJ . Edgar Hoover, but of course, thatwas never , ever going to happen. And we both know what we’re seeingin the FBI today is the result of a mostlyuninterrupted chain of corrupt culture.The Washington Post’s recent article," Five Myths about the FBI " is a generalbut pretty good overview of how we gothere . The bureau has always maintainedit is non- political. Hoover started that myth,no doubt just to innoculate himself as he proceeded to build an agency that waspurely political.
Lyman Elliott Premium Member over 7 years ago
As an article that I read puts it: “In any event, it’s been a long time since the FBI has had a week this bad — assuming they’ve ever had one this bad.” And it’s their own ruddy fault.
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 7 years ago
Law enforcement is supposed to be objective and unbiased. The disgraceful partisan actions by Comey besmirched the integrity and reputation of the FBI.
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
The rotten fascist FBI faction rabidly anti-Hillary gave pervert Trump help in an effort to rig the election. Right wing cheating as usual.
braindead Premium Member over 7 years ago
Or maybe Comey could have just STFU.
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Not that he’s trying to influence the election or anything, you know.
superposition over 7 years ago
Someone made a comment that they blamed the Internet! That got me thinking … if you look at the very popular, poorly implemented, amateur CSI work done on Reddit and Facebook for example, you can see how common gossip and innuendo can be amplified or magnified to create sensational attention that often tramples the actual facts and data and does great harm to people in the process.
Sadly, the ratings driven news outlets help boldly perpetuate these events ASAP followed by tiny errata notices a day or later with the boring facts and figures. It’s become acceptable!
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
Rudy Giuliani said Friday that he knew the FBI planned to review more emails tied to Hillary Clinton before a public announcement about the investigation last week, confirming that the agency leaked information to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-fbi-clinton-emails_us_581c9e3fe4b0e80b02c93d6b?
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 7 years ago
Comey reported to Congress — as ordered.
When he thought he had reviewed all despite the attempt to hide by deletion, he reported his findings.
When he discovered others, he reported the new information to Congress — as ordered.
.
The report would have been made much earlier if the Secretary of State had complied with the law in the first place — or when ordered to hand it over in the second place. She chose to not do so. She will do more of the same as president.
It is good that we have already gotten used to knowing she will openly and skillfully lie to us — maybe not as often as Trump, but more than ten percent of the time.
Kip W over 7 years ago
An unaccountable bureaucracy that violates the Constitution and seeks to control the government. It’s what the Right has been warning about, but they love it.
Stuz over 7 years ago
One of the many great things about the election result is that all those who tried so hard to bolster Private Citizen Hillary and weaken President-Elect Trump like this artist utterly, totally, and completely failed. This is wonderful!
One of the reasons I voted for Trump was as a rebuke to the media who needs to remember that the real job of a free press is to hold ALL our politicians accountable and work for us, the citizenry. The free press is supposed to influence government by keeping it honest, not trying to influence the public to support a political party.
Given the vigor that much of the media, like the artist of this piece had for propping up Private Citizen Hillary, I had no faith that they would do anything other than protect her regardless of what she did. That is unacceptable.
At least with President Elect Trump, I can expect the media, and this artist, to endlessly be scrutinizing his decisions and actions and even though they will probably be doing it in order to get a Democratic President in 2020, at least indirectly, they will be doing their job, since most of these so called members of the “free” press don’t seem to have the ethical fortitude to rise to what they should be doing, working for us, the citizens, not for the DNC.
bueller over 7 years ago
Old Coal , The housecleaning shouldhave started a few decades back withJ . Edgar Hoover, but of course, thatwas never , ever going to happen. And we both know what we’re seeingin the FBI today is the result of a mostlyuninterrupted chain of corrupt culture.The Washington Post’s recent article," Five Myths about the FBI " is a generalbut pretty good overview of how we gothere . The bureau has always maintainedit is non- political. Hoover started that myth,no doubt just to innoculate himself as he proceeded to build an agency that waspurely political.