They were apparently very busy eagerly spreading the false information to as many media outlets as they could find. But right now, it’s very difficult to imagine a scenario where multiple sources all fed the wrong date to multiple media outlets innocently and in good faith. By contrast, if this were just an innocent mistake, then these media outlets should explain how such an implausible sequence of events could possibly have happened. Let’s just remind ourselves of how many times major media outlets have made humiliating, breathtaking errors on the Trump/Russia story, always in the same direction, toward the same political goals. US media outlets are very good at demanding respect.

Source: New Strait Times December 11, 2017 02:48 UTC