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In reply to the discussion: Well, O'Donnell dealt with that quickly. [View all]RockRaven
(14,899 posts)30. I didn't see tonight, but a retraction was not necessary, nor would it be appropriate.
Last night he stated all the appropriate caveats about the source/information and the limits thereof. For all of Trump's lawyers' bluster, there was nothing actionable there (that they would *win* anyhow; anyone can *bring* any kind of lawsuit of course).
It is a separate question whether reporting unnamed single-sourced, unconfirmed information is the best use of his airtime. It is not, and he should not do it. Acknowledging that having done so was in error was probably appropriate, if that was indeed what he did tonight.
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So, you're insinuating that LOD intentionally put out questionable "facts"?
NewDayOranges
Aug 2019
#11
Thing is Trump would probably just as well the whole Deutsche bank stuff just go away
Rstrstx
Aug 2019
#6
Nobody cares what far-right fascists say.Trump is already considered a traitor by a lot of Americans
rockfordfile
Aug 2019
#15
Ya know. That's along the lines of how I was thinking. You put it into words. Thx. eom
sprinkleeninow
Aug 2019
#21
comcast removed msnbc from my package tonight, I will happily be canceling service tomorrow. nt
yaesu
Aug 2019
#23
Didn't Rachel a bit ago talk about how much more careful they now had to be?,,,,,,,
bobbieinok
Aug 2019
#26
I didn't see tonight, but a retraction was not necessary, nor would it be appropriate.
RockRaven
Aug 2019
#30
Some grey morning they will find some document storage boxes locked in the back room of a...
Hugin
Aug 2019
#31
Trump is VINDICTIVE-he will claw at Lawrence over and over and never let it go.
riversedge
Aug 2019
#32