11 Oct '16 17:02>5 edits
The quotes below are from Newsweek online dated yesterday, but—
A Washington Post article today points out that the truth about Trump quoting from a falsified account put out by Sputnik is likely more mundane than Eichenwald’s conspiracy innuendo—i.e. that Trump’s people found it on Twitter and he just regurgitated it without question. Sputnik has apparently removed the article in question. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/11/the-trump-putin-link-that-wasnt/]*
So, Russian-Trump link? Or just carelessness? (I go with carelessness.)
http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-sidney-blumenthal-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-benghazi-sputnik-508635
This false story was reported only by the Russian-controlled agency (a reference appeared in a Turkish publication, but it was nothing but a link to the Sputnik article). So how did Donald Trump end up advancing the same falsehood put out by Putin’s mouthpiece?
At a rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Trump spoke while holding a document in his hand. He told the assembled crowd that it was an email from Blumenthal, whom he called “sleazy Sidney.”
“This just came out a little while ago,’’ Trump said. “I have to tell you this.” And then he read the words from my article.
“He’s now admitting they could have done something about Benghazi,’’ Trump said, dropping the document to the floor. “This just came out a little while ago.”
The crowd booed and chanted, “Lock her up!”
This is not funny. It is terrifying. The Russians engage in a sloppy disinformation effort and, before the day is out, the Republican nominee for president is standing on a stage reciting the manufactured story as truth. How did this happen? Who in the Trump campaign was feeding him falsehoods straight from the Kremlin? (The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)
The Russians have been obtaining American emails and now are presenting complete misrepresentations of them—falsifying them—in hopes of setting off a cascade of events that might change the outcome of the presidential election. The big question, of course, is why are the Russians working so hard to damage Clinton and, in the process, aid Donald Trump?
(Bold mine.)
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Here is his 2015 essay that Eichenwald references, excoriating the deceitfulness of the Republicans on the Benghazi Committee:
http://www.newsweek.com/benghazi-biopsy-comprehensive-guide-one-americas-worst-political-outrages-385853
Here is the e-mail containing Eichenwald’s essay: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/2038. The Newsweek cite is referenced at the top, and the essay apparently copy/pasted in full.
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* I read Eichenwald’s piece first, and then tried to track more down. That’s how I found the WaPo article.
EDIT: Apparently the original tweet repeating the Sputnik account has also been deleted. https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785692409183150081
A Washington Post article today points out that the truth about Trump quoting from a falsified account put out by Sputnik is likely more mundane than Eichenwald’s conspiracy innuendo—i.e. that Trump’s people found it on Twitter and he just regurgitated it without question. Sputnik has apparently removed the article in question. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/11/the-trump-putin-link-that-wasnt/]*
So, Russian-Trump link? Or just carelessness? (I go with carelessness.)
http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-sidney-blumenthal-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-benghazi-sputnik-508635
This false story was reported only by the Russian-controlled agency (a reference appeared in a Turkish publication, but it was nothing but a link to the Sputnik article). So how did Donald Trump end up advancing the same falsehood put out by Putin’s mouthpiece?
At a rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Trump spoke while holding a document in his hand. He told the assembled crowd that it was an email from Blumenthal, whom he called “sleazy Sidney.”
“This just came out a little while ago,’’ Trump said. “I have to tell you this.” And then he read the words from my article.
“He’s now admitting they could have done something about Benghazi,’’ Trump said, dropping the document to the floor. “This just came out a little while ago.”
The crowd booed and chanted, “Lock her up!”
This is not funny. It is terrifying. The Russians engage in a sloppy disinformation effort and, before the day is out, the Republican nominee for president is standing on a stage reciting the manufactured story as truth. How did this happen? Who in the Trump campaign was feeding him falsehoods straight from the Kremlin? (The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)
The Russians have been obtaining American emails and now are presenting complete misrepresentations of them—falsifying them—in hopes of setting off a cascade of events that might change the outcome of the presidential election. The big question, of course, is why are the Russians working so hard to damage Clinton and, in the process, aid Donald Trump?
(Bold mine.)
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Here is his 2015 essay that Eichenwald references, excoriating the deceitfulness of the Republicans on the Benghazi Committee:
http://www.newsweek.com/benghazi-biopsy-comprehensive-guide-one-americas-worst-political-outrages-385853
Here is the e-mail containing Eichenwald’s essay: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/2038. The Newsweek cite is referenced at the top, and the essay apparently copy/pasted in full.
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* I read Eichenwald’s piece first, and then tried to track more down. That’s how I found the WaPo article.
EDIT: Apparently the original tweet repeating the Sputnik account has also been deleted. https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785692409183150081