"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Fox News Pulls Judge Napolitano Over his Unverified Trump Wiretap Claims
Former N.J. state Judge Andrew Napalitano quoted unnamed sources who told him that the U.K.'s GCHQ tapped then President-elect Trump's phone and provided Obama's Whitehouse a transcript. When that scenario fell flat, Fox News suspended Napalitano indefinitely. See, that's what they should do when these talking heads make wild claims that they can't substantiate. More of this hardline stance from editors would lead to greater credibility for the media and to less reporting of fake news, lies, and rumours.
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Too bad we can't "pull" Trump for making the same claim.
For the second time now. The first was that infamous "what if" speech he gave.
We'd get more reliable "news" if these mofos faced real consequences for this constant use of "unnamed sources" bullshit that they put out there as actual reportage. The networks need to start viewing these people as reporters who "report" not as media stars who are above reproach. Goofs that continually predict stock markets crashes or gold price drops/spikes on CNBC or Bloomberg and then go on to be totally wrong, eventually get dropped from the guest list. But not Whitehouse reporters tho. Just sayin'.