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109. It's quite a meldown. Trump links to a fake news site to "debunk" Buzzfeed!

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:40 PM

Jan 2017

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump

'BuzzFeed Runs Unverifiable Trump-Russia Claims' #FakeNews

Fake News: BuzzFeed Runs ‘Unverifiable’ Trump-Russia Claims

lifezette.com

"Lifezette" (Really? That's the best authoritative source his team could come up with?) describes the BuzzFeed story as "a shocking breakdown of journalistic ethics".

Downthread, somebody fills us in on "Lifezette":

Kevin Collier @kevincollier

In which @realDonaldTrump's rebuttal to "fake news" BuzzFeed story is linking to an actual #fakenews site

Kevin Collier ‏@kevincollier

Here's the Intercept on LifeZette in Nov:
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/laura-ingraham-lifezette/ …

Kellyanne is awake and tweeting, but it doesn't seem like her heart's in it:

Kellyanne Conway @KellyannePolls

Reality check from AP diplomatic writer

Matt Lee ‏@APDiploWriter

"Raw" intelligence is often just rumor. That's why it's called "raw" and not considered to be "ripe."

The replies to her are no more merciful than they are on Trump's feed. Brutal.

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