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Did Fusion GPS pay journalists to publish fake news?
American Thinker ^ | 11/5./2017 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 11/06/2017 11:35:41 AM PST by detective

If anything is in the domain of the public's right to know, it's the facts on whether Fusion GPS paid journalists to write what they wanted written.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: fusiongps; trump
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This is one of the sources of what is called "Fake News."

Organizations like Fusion GPS pay so called "journalists" to report false information. And there is currently no review, no oversight and no way to know how common this is.

1 posted on 11/06/2017 11:35:41 AM PST by detective
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To: detective

That would explain why they hide their bank records.


2 posted on 11/06/2017 11:38:37 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: detective

I doubt they had to pay “journalists” to spew negative news about Trump/republicans. They do that regardless of being paid extra.


3 posted on 11/06/2017 11:44:33 AM PST by boycott
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To: detective

Is it reasonable to think that bribes would show up on the books?


4 posted on 11/06/2017 11:45:38 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: detective

There’s a reason they are called ‘presstitutes’..................


5 posted on 11/06/2017 11:51:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: detective

OF COURSE THEY DID!!!!

That’s why one hires Fusion GPS over any other firm or agency.

They did up the filthiest of dirt and invent that which they cannot find. As do dozens of firms.

Their key selling point is the can get the CNN, NYT, WaPo headline with this dirt...all on the same day.

They’re world-class experts. And they are very expensive.


6 posted on 11/06/2017 11:56:18 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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I doubt major media allows payment of Journalists, but I’m quite sure it is done at the corporate level.

They don’t want to pay journalists because that pushes the corporate slush fund away from the table.

As Rush says: Follow the money!


7 posted on 11/06/2017 12:00:37 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: detective

Of course. It’s one big sleezy and criminal rat family.


8 posted on 11/06/2017 12:07:13 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee!)
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To: detective

Fusion GPS’s competitive advantage was they could both produce Fake News on your opponent, they could get it placed in the Mainstream Media.


9 posted on 11/06/2017 12:35:14 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: detective

Maybe the New York Times could look into this..../s


10 posted on 11/06/2017 12:55:06 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://fakehatecrimes.org/ - List of fake hate crimes against traditional/conserva tive Americans)
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Fusion GPS is everywhere. They are also spoofing company names too. They need to be looked into, deeply.


11 posted on 11/06/2017 1:02:16 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: detective

Organizations like Fusion GPS pay so called “journalists” to report false information. And there is currently no review, no oversight and no way to know how common this is.


And leftist “fact checkers” aren’t saying word one about the process.


12 posted on 11/06/2017 1:20:12 PM PST by samtheman (Where is the Clinton Dossier that is the product of Trump/Russian collusion?)
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To: detective
Almost all of George Soros' corporations pay newsmen and journalists to write favorable stories for the Clintons and be anti-American.

It is hidden but there is a very explosive story yet to be uncovered. "Nose candy" may be some payment.

13 posted on 11/06/2017 1:40:00 PM PST by Rapscallion (Politics just makes us hate each other.)
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To: detective

A high percentage of “news” is filler provided by PR companies. Most news is fake news, even on a good day.


14 posted on 11/06/2017 2:26:04 PM PST by marron
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I just heard a snippet of the witch on Hannity talking about the dossier. What she said that was amazing was that the dossier was still being evaluated.

Still being evaluated?

Does she mean she paid twelve million dollars for the report before it was verified?

And that people who put it together did not evaluate the information?

Someone should wrap that little admission around her boom handle. It is a clear admission on her part about how bogus the whole thing is. She was trying to smart talk her way out of a hole and only when into it deeper.


15 posted on 11/06/2017 2:28:22 PM PST by odawg
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This is what I heard from a guest on Sean Hannity’s radio show a week or so ago. That Fusion was paying out payola to journalists for what to say, what NOT to cover. It makes sense because the mass verbatim talking points could only happen this uniformly over 30 networks and shows IF they were paid to use those exact words.


16 posted on 11/06/2017 2:30:06 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: b4its2late

Im disappointed that Congress agreed to keep their bank records from public scrutiny.

Truly an enterprise of the swamp.


17 posted on 11/06/2017 2:49:10 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: detective

This is EXACTLY why they fear the release of their bank records. If those records ever became public, it actually could destroy public confidence in the media...for the other 90% of the country that still believes them.


18 posted on 11/06/2017 2:59:16 PM PST by BobL ( I beat up McDonald's and Walmart because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
It's more likely that the Partisan Media paid for the privilege of printing Fusion's fake news. Thanks detective.

19 posted on 11/06/2017 8:20:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Bshaw

You are so correct. The only way to get to the bottom of any Clinton/Democrat scandals is to follow the $.


20 posted on 11/07/2017 4:26:11 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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