CNN reports Clinton met random hiker in photo

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CNN is currently bought-out, don't try to defend them. Could that change in the future? Maybe. But they've damaged enough public trust with their scumbag dealings with the DNC that their brand is severely damaged. Damaged to the point that they failed to proselytize
"low information" Reagan democrats that they could normally brainwash in previous elections.
yea, cause those links you cited are some top tier paragons of journalism. you know, when drumpf crashes and burns, I fully expect you, and the others to go back into hiding, which is really the only thing you're good at.
 
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Those links got their information right from wikileaks. Consider the source, or have you not even bothered to read the leaks like a good little brainwashed sheep? Remember, CNN claimed that only they could read them and it's illegal for you to. :tearsofjoy:
other than wikileaks attacking hillary, what makes them a credible source? I mean, I get it, they are anti-hillary, so that probably puts them 'right' in your world, but they appear to be directly linked to russian efforts.
Or is that just more bullshit?
 

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Those links got their information right from wikileaks. Consider the source, or have you not even bothered to read the leaks like a good little brainwashed sheep? Remember, CNN claimed that only they could read them and it's illegal for you to. :tearsofjoy:
You, of all people, have no place accusing anyone of being a brainwashed sheep.
 
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Zaap

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WTF was the point of anyone staging something like this?? To sway voters... oops, wait, a little too late for that.

Garner sympathy of some sort?? To what end?

I'm not seeing a single upshot. It's just.. stupid.
 

Kazukian

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other than wikileaks attacking hillary, what makes them a credible source? I mean, I get it, they are anti-hillary, so that probably puts them 'right' in your world, but they appear to be directly linked to russian efforts.
Or is that just more bullshit?

Let's see proof Wikileaks hasn't been 100% accurate over the last decade.
 

Zaap

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That said, meh. Liars lie, and CNN can hardly be expected to go cold turkey. Personally I'm glad to see Clinton can still get outside and smile.
I guess that's probably it. CNN and other networks probably had whole FAWN FOR HILLARY departments, ready to puff-piece their way through 4 years of her queenship. This might have just been a last hoo-rah before some of them vacate their offices to make room for the Trump hit squad.

What's a Clinton News Network to do without its queen? :D
 

sportage

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You guys are hilarious.

You guys ARE hilarious.
WTF does it matter, AND.... what gain would it provide Clinton?
I swear those Hillary haters REALLY REALLY REALLY do need a few hours on the couch with a very good psychiatrist.
Even if you have to sign up for Obamacare to pay for it.
God.... I swear.
 

SP33Demon

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yea, cause those links you cited are some top tier paragons of journalism. you know, when drumpf crashes and burns, I fully expect you, and the others to go back into hiding, which is really the only thing you're good at.
Sheik, I know the wound is still fresh but cmon. Just read wikileaks if you want the source. CNN is as corrupt as they come, how anyone can think they're a credible, "unbiased" source of news is laughable.

1) List of reporters who attended an "off the record" dinner with Podesta including a gaggle of CNN reporters:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12063
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/23958
  • The first link is the list of media personalities who went to the "off the record" private party in the personal home of John Podesta. Includes many corrupt, in-the-tank-for-Hillary journalists like John Heillman, Mark Halperin, Maggie Haberman (colluding in other emails with the Hillary campaign) and many others (Diane Sawyer, George Stephanopoulos, Mika Brzezinski, and so many more).

  • The largest amount of invitees who said yes to the private party are from the New York Times, Bloomberg, MSNBC, and CNN. Seems to nicely reflect the level of corruption and pro-Hillary bias. This is April 2015 so they were influencing journalists for a long time and their investment has clearly paid off.
2) Chris Cuomo - "We (CNN) couldn't help her any more than we already have!"
https://youtu.be/M9zMwOQMNYM
-It's illegal for you to read wikileaks but not the media.
https://youtu.be/7DcATG9Qy_A

3) CNN giving asking the DNC for questions to give to Trump, Cruz, Fiorina:
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/27526
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/23554

4) Donna Brazile getting CNN debate questions in advance:
 

woolfe9998

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Fox News ran this story too, not just CNN. And many other news outlets did, including many local outlets.

Am I missing something, but how do we know she was a "staffer?" Had she been a volunteer in some office somewhere, it wouldn't mean anything. The issue is whether she knew Clinton before this.

That image on the bottom, I can't read anything said in those Facebook posts to the right of it. Someone said the image was "old," but it clearly isn't. Clinton looks every bit as old as she does now, and has exactly the same hairstyle that she does now. It could have been taken after the hike rather than before. Or perhaps not. Perhaps this Clinton supporter wasn't telling the truth when she implied she had never met Clinton before, but there isn't enough information in this thread to draw a firm conclusion.

Finally, I would mention that this is nothing more than a puff piece about a candidate who lost an election and will almost certainly never run again. So I fail to see how a supposedly Clinton biased news source decides to run a fraudulent piece in order to prop up the image of someone who is politically dead. At most, CNN was misled here. And that's if the story is false.
 
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CNN reported encounter of Hillary and random mother hiking. Only the mother is not random and was one of the campaign staffers. CNN can't even be honest following the election.

Also, the girl who posted the photo suggesting she randomly ran into Clinton on her Instagram had a bunch of anti-Trump hashtags, so we now know Clinton and her team are still playing dirty with the media even after losing.

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Dude, the election is over. You can stop. Satan was defeated.
 

buckshot24

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other than wikileaks attacking hillary, what makes them a credible source? I mean, I get it, they are anti-hillary, so that probably puts them 'right' in your world, but they appear to be directly linked to russian efforts.
Or is that just more bullshit?
The content is genuine no matter who was behind it.
 

Kazukian

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Fox News ran this story too, not just CNN. And many other news outlets did, including many local outlets.

Am I missing something, but how do we know she was a "staffer?" Had she been a volunteer in some office somewhere, it wouldn't mean anything. The issue is whether she knew Clinton before this.

That image on the bottom, I can't read anything said in those Facebook posts to the right of it. Someone said the image was "old," but it clearly isn't. Clinton looks every bit as old as she does now, and has exactly the same hairstyle that she does now. It could have been taken after the hike rather than before. Or perhaps not. Perhaps this Clinton supporter wasn't telling the truth when she implied she had never met Clinton before, but there isn't enough information in this thread to draw a firm conclusion.

Finally, I would mention that this is nothing more than a puff piece about a candidate who lost an election and will almost certainly never run again. So I fail to see how a supposedly Clinton biased news source decides to run a fraudulent piece in order to prop up the image of someone who is politically dead. At most, CNN was misled here. And that's if the story is false.

IMHO, it's about her ego and hubris.
 

buckshot24

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Fox News ran this story too, not just CNN. And many other news outlets did, including many local outlets.

Am I missing something, but how do we know she was a "staffer?" Had she been a volunteer in some office somewhere, it wouldn't mean anything. The issue is whether she knew Clinton before this.

That image on the bottom, I can't read anything said in those Facebook posts to the right of it. Someone said the image was "old," but it clearly isn't. Clinton looks every bit as old as she does now, and has exactly the same hairstyle that she does now. It could have been taken after the hike rather than before. Or perhaps not. Perhaps this Clinton supporter wasn't telling the truth when she implied she had never met Clinton before, but there isn't enough information in this thread to draw a firm conclusion.

Finally, I would mention that this is nothing more than a puff piece about a candidate who lost an election and will almost certainly never run again. So I fail to see how a supposedly Clinton biased news source decides to run a fraudulent piece in order to prop up the image of someone who is politically dead. At most, CNN was misled here. And that's if the story is false.
Can we lock the thread now?
 

Sunburn74

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The content is genuine no matter who was behind it.
That is debatable. No one has confirmed accuracy or that content wasn't altered especially when it's clearly done for political purposes against once side. They can basically put anything in those emails in whatever altered form they want and claim it came from Clinton camp. It'd be slightly different if the hacking was balanced affectjng both sides in the name of truth but clearly it wasn't. Clintons rep has taken a huge hit but so has wikileaks after all this.

Lock the thread please. Tired of debating the existence of bigfoot with these jackasses. You point to facts and they point to tin foil hats and Russian propaganda.
 
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buckshot24

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That is debatable. No one has confirmed accuracy or that content wasn't altered especially when it's clearly done for political purposes against once side. They can basically put anything in those emails and claim it came from Clinton camp.

Lock the thread please. Tired of debating the existence of bigfoot with these jackasses.
That is simply not credible. Alex Jones level stuff here.
 

woolfe9998

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IMHO, it's about her ego and hubris.

Yes, but why would CNN intentionally run a false story, risking their credibility, for that purpose alone? Assuming for the sake of argument that they are biased in Hilary's favor, they might run a fraudulent story to actually help her win, but for this purpose? No way. At most they were misled.