NYT, AP Retract Claim That 17 US Intel Agencies Agree Russia Hacked US Elections

A claim that all of the U.S.’ major intelligence agencies had agreed that Russia interfered in last year’s election has been proven false. The claim has been the centerpiece of news coverage of “Russiagate,” indicating that much of what has been reported about the scandal has been flawed.

MintPress News Desk
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FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

NEW YORK-- For nearly a year, the news media in the United States has been completely and utterly dominated by one story above all the rest – Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, also known as “Russiagate.” The firestorm first began when Hillary Clinton - darling of the U.S. intelligence community, the mainstream

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The New York Times Finally Retracts Russia-Gate Canard

On Thursday, the Times – while leaving most of Haberman’s ridicule of Trump in place – noted in a correction that the relevant intelligence “assessment was made by four intelligence agencies — the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.”

Robert Parry
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On Thursday, the Times appended a correction to a June 25 article that had repeated the false claim, which has been used by Democrats and the mainstream media for months to brush aside any doubts about the foundation of the Russia-gate scandal and portray President Trump as delusional for doubting what all 17 intelligence agencies supposedly knew

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The Demonopolization Of Deceit: Fighting For Narrative In The Age of Trump

With the mainstream media busy perpetuating the lies of “Russiagate,” populist alternative media have taken up their mantle, advancing falsehoods that are allowing the right wing to dictate a new narrative. The need for accountability in reporting is now perhaps greater than ever.

Yoav Litvin
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to media as he walks to the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, May 9, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

NEW YORK (Opinion) -- Marching in lockstep with the previous occupants of the Oval Office, Barack Obama’s tenure as President of the United States continued the bipartisan assault on the public sector, while expanding U.S. warmongering worldwide. Obama, the liberal candidate who championed “Hope” as his campaign slogan, continued to perpetuate the

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Anthrax And “Russiagate”: Mueller’s Special Counsel Appointment Should Raise Concern

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s irresponsible handling of the 2001 anthrax attacks left one man dead by his own hand and forever tarnished the reputation of another. Mueller is now heading the “Russiagate” investigation, despite his demonstrated lack of competence.

Robbie Martin
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

OAKLAND (Analysis) -- Amidst the overwhelming bipartisan praise given to former FBI Director Robert Mueller for his appointment as special counsel in the Trump-Russia investigation, few media outlets have voiced concern over his credentials. Mueller’s unforgivably poor performance during an investigation into the 2001 anthrax scare should give

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