Bloomberg Falsely
Claims Breitbart Did Not Cite Independent Sources
by Joel B. Pollak 5 Mar 2017
Bloomberg News
claimed Sunday that Breitbart News and conservative radio host Mark Levin had
not cited “independent” evidence to back up the claim that the Obama
administration had conducted surveillance on Donald Trump’s aides in the 2016
campaign.
Bloomberg claimed:
Breitbart, the media outlet previously run by White House
chief strategist Stephen Bannon, published a story Friday outlining actions
supposedly taken by the Obama administration to monitor Trump Tower in New York
during the campaign. The story, which claimed the moves were aimed at undermining
Trump’s candidacy, referenced commentary by radio host Mark Levin
that made similar claims.
Neither Breitbart News nor Levin cited independent reporting
to back up the assertions.
However, Levin cited several independent news sources in
his Mar. 2 broadcast. Several of these, plus others, were also cited by Breitbart,
including:
·
Heat Street, “EXCLUSIVE:
FBI Granted FISA Warrant Covering Trump Camp’s Ties To Russia,” Nov.
7, 2016
·
New York Times: “N.S.A.
Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications,” Jan. 12,
2017 (via PJMedia)
·
New York Times: “Intercepted
Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates,” Jan.
19, 2017
·
New York Times: “Trump
Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence,”
Feb. 14, 2017
·
New York Times: “Obama
Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking,”
Mar. 1, 2017
·
Washington Post: “Sessions
met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose,”
Mar. 1, 2017
In a subsequent report on Sunday
morning, Breitbart News cited additional independent, mainstream sources,
including:
·
Guardian, “John
McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI,”
Jan. 11, 2017
·
BBC, “Trump ‘compromising’ claims:
How and why did we get here?” Jan. 12, 2017
The “without evidence” talking point has been ubiquitous
this weekend, repeated by mainstream media outlets and Democratic Party
representatives alike, though the evidence has been in plain sight for weeks —
and was duly cited.
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
is a division of Bloomberg LP.
Note: Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg
LP, was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and Josh Isay
was his political consultant.
George
Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
Nicholas
Johnston was a managing editor for Bloomberg
LP, and is an editor for Axios.
Axios: Chuck Schumer Plans New ‘Blue Wall’ to Block
Donald Trump’s Border Wall
by Neil Munro 5 Mar 2017
The
Democrats’ leader in the Senate hopes to hammer President Donald
Trump’s entire presidency by blocking funds to build a border wall against the northward flow of
drugs, criminals, and cheap-labor illegals, says Axios.com.
According to Axios, Sen.
Chuck Schumer:
Josh
Isay was a political consultant for Michael
R. Bloomberg, Charles E. Schumer,
and Al Sharpton.
Al Sharpton Slammed on Social Media for Calling Jesus a
‘Refugee’
by Jerome Hudson31 Jan 2017
Left-wing activist and former
primetime MSNBC anchor Al
Sharpton is getting grilled on social media
after he referred to Jesus Christ as a refugee, in a naked attempt to ding President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily suspending the U.S. Refugee
Admissions Program.
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