• kxh (edited 5 years ago)
    +6

    but you're glad to write off each new day's journalistic malfeasance around Russiagate as another lamentable 'oopsie?'

    Not at all. It's just ATM when Mueller isn't talking, and the subjects of his investigation are, it's very hard to know who's telling the truth or the usual porkies. Also Mueller's team didn't say what buzzfeed said wasn't true, they said it went too far, it was a bit exaggerated. That's just muddying the waters.

    Trump's a bullshitter. May I suggest he's not the only one?

    Definitely not the only one, but he doesn't even bother to maintain a consistent story.

    • AdelleChattre
      +6

      Mueller's team didn't say what buzzfeed said wasn't true, they said it went too far, it was a bit exaggerated.

      As the special counsel's office would say, your description of specific statements by the special counsel’s office is not accurate.

      • kxh (edited 5 years ago)
        +8

        I'm not a reporter. I don't even report on twitter. I don't even report on my narcissism on twitter.

        I also possibly read the article wrong. What did Mueller's team actually say?

        Edited: added: It was inaccurate? Not that it was incorrect? More likely just that they didn't have evidence of that. Like I said muddying the waters.

        • AdelleChattre
          +7

          Or, how to get from wishful thinking to magical thinking by way of backward-chain reasoning.

        • 3rdWheel
          +2
          @AdelleChattre -

          This is the verbal thrashing he deserves. It feels good to finally not be the target.