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The liberal media had their hopes of seeing President Trump in chains raised by the recent dubious reports by The New York Times and The Washington Post claiming that members of the Special Counsel felt Attorney General Barr mischaracterized their findings. Few in the liberal media would dare to admit the questionable nature of the sourcing of their reporting, but that’s what MSNBC host Chuck Todd did during Thursday’s MTP Daily.
To his credit, Todd began his program by pointing out their use of sources that refused to go on the record:
This is how the evidence against Mr. Trump was characterized in all of these reports, which, by the way, are all based on anonymous sources. To the Times it was “more damaging for the President than Mr. Barr explained.” To the Post, it was “alarming and significant”. And to us here at NBC News, it was “compelling”.
“But, folks, we preached caution when Barr told us what Mueller’s evidence really meant. So, we're going to preach caution in this case as well,’ he added.
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