Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept documents how horribly CNN, CBS and MSNBC screwed up last Friday.

The e-mail in question that started it all. The Intercept.

Glenn Greenwald of the Intercept has a very good long form article about the fake news story put out by CNN, CBS and MSNBC last Friday. In it Greenwald points out how horribly wrong the news media got the story and how far they have fallen in terms of credibility when it comes to Donald Trump.

As a recap, last Friday CNN, CBS, MSNBC and a few other outlets all claimed that Donald Trump Jr. had received the above e-mail concerning Wikileaks dumping e-mails considered damaging to the Democrats and Hillary Clinton. They said that the e-mail had been sent a week before Wikileaks released the information publicly but it was later revealed that they were completely wrong about the dates and the e-mail was sent, by an unknown person, after the e-mails had been released by Wikileaks. It is, quite frankly, a completely false story and a great example of fake news. I covered it on this blog already but I think Greenwald did a great job explaining why this is such a big deal, even if you don't like Trump. 

Keep in mind that Glenn Greenwald is a hugely liberal person. He does not like Donald Trump to say the least. That being said he does understand that his profession is supposed to have standards when it comes to integrity and commitment to the truth. Last Friday the media did not meet those standards and they haven't been doing so for months and months on Donald Trump and Russia. 

Greenwald also argues that the whole story reeks as a political hitjob. He pointed out that three separate outlets were fed false information from their sources about the date of the e-mail. And now none of those outlets are outing those sources even though they lied to them. Since it is widely suspected that those sources are Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee it just shows how biased these news networks are. 

I don't have much else to add, other than I think that this was the best long form write up of this situation that I have read so far. Greenwald is a good journalist and a person I respect even though we have obvious political differences. Read his post and make sure you understand what he is trying to tell you. When it comes to Trump and Russia, the media is not being honest and you should always either wait for the fact checkers to weigh in or do your own research because the media can't be trusted on this issue at all...