And for media types, there’s always a New York Times story of Oct. 31, 2016, with the headline: “Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Why would the FBI push that story on the New York Times a week before the election?” Comey: Yeah, that’s a hard one to answer. And so, I don’t know who was talking to the New York Times, but that’s my reaction to it. Sort of like the Hillary Clinton story that turned out to be right.”The point of Comey’s comments, however, is that what the New York Times “knew” at the time was erroneous. More than a year after the New York Times Russia story landed, then-Public Editor Liz Spayd blasted the paper for moving too timidly.

Source: Washington Post April 20, 2018 19:06 UTC