it s the standard. that s the news standard at the news network, the cable news network. lindsey graham has appeared on fox, so attack him! so cnn did just that, all while pretending coverage was legitimate. here s jeff zucker telling his employees that no matter what else is going on in the world, the impeachment of donald trump, which in effect is a d symbolic act since nobody believes he s going to be convicted, is nevertheless the only story that really matters. listen. tucker: for a news man, there s a distinct lack of clarity in those instructions, but the essence was clear enough, don t lose sight of what
this approval. would the media take their word for it. would investigators take their word for it? no. they would say this is something that needs to be investigated and that s my position. and this notion that an author has to provide the smoking gun is absurd. all of these why is that absurd? if there s a core allegation is it enough just to raise the question? if you did that if you were writing for a major newspaper, they d send you back and say you haven t got the story yet. no. i disagree completely. i don t think the news standard at any news outlet would be if you demonstrate a small company has send $145 million to a foundation connected to the secretary of defense and the secretary of defense had business before them you re telling me news organizations wouldn t run with that story? of course they would. the question is is what do you do with that information and in the book you show it again and again and again and again. so the question becomes are