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From Trump's "accomplishments" thread:

4) Destroy public faith in the US intelligence community

Trump’s attack on the US intelligence community started even before he took office. On January 11, he compared US intelligence agencies to Nazis, because he believed the intelligence community had leaked lies about him to the press to try to ruin his reputation.

It didn’t get much better after Inauguration Day. On January 21, Trump’s first full day as president, he gave a politically-charged speech in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall — a marble wall featuring 117 stars representing CIA employees killed in the line of duty that is considered almost sacred ground by many in the agency — where, among other things, he boasted about the size of his inauguration crowd.  

Trump has also pushed back against the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the election. And though his CIA director Mike Pompeo officially stands by their conclusion, he has occasionally liedto the public about its findings, apparently to please his boss.

Trump fired FBI director James Comey in May in part to try to make the FBI’s investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to win the presidential election — an investigation that Comey led at the time and that Trump calls a “witch hunt” — to go away.

And there’s now a growing campaign by Trump and some of his conservative allies to discredit the special counsel investigation that started after Trump fired Comey. That’s led some, including members of Congress, to criticize special counsel Robert Mueller and other top law enforcement officials like Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in public, further adding to the erosion of trust in the US intelligence community.

That’s not good for their morale, and it could potentially harm US national security in the future.

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Frontpage Magazine

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Frontpage Magazine - Right Bias - Hate GroupQUESTIONABLE SOURCE

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Bias: Extreme Right, Hate Group

Notes: FrontPage Magazine is an online conservative political website, edited by David Horowitz and published by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California.  This source has a pretty strong right wing bias in reporting that often is negative toward minorities and Islam. Frontpage Magazine is also listed on the Islamophobia Network. The Southern Poverty Law Center has this magazine labeled as an anti-Muslim. (10/7/2016) Updated (7/19/2017)

Special Note: We provide a link below to their website for the purpose of our Chrome Extensions, which requires a link to the website in order to display on Facebook and the Chrome task bar. We recommend not clicking the link. (D. Van Zandt)

 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/frontpage-magazine/

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49 minutes ago, homersapien said:

On the source of this piece of propaganda:

Frontpage Magazine

*Voting Polls do not affect MBFC bias ratings

Frontpage Magazine - Right Bias - Hate GroupQUESTIONABLE SOURCE

A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake newsunless specifically written in the notes section for that source. See all Questionable sources.

Bias: Extreme Right, Hate Group

Notes: FrontPage Magazine is an online conservative political website, edited by David Horowitz and published by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California.  This source has a pretty strong right wing bias in reporting that often is negative toward minorities and Islam. Frontpage Magazine is also listed on the Islamophobia Network. The Southern Poverty Law Center has this magazine labeled as an anti-Muslim. (10/7/2016) Updated (7/19/2017)

Special Note: We provide a link below to their website for the purpose of our Chrome Extensions, which requires a link to the website in order to display on Facebook and the Chrome task bar. We recommend not clicking the link. (D. Van Zandt)

 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/frontpage-magazine/

 

Just as a point of reference, it rates all the major TV/Cable news channels as Left Bias.  It rates Vox, Salon, and Slate as further left.  It has Alternet right on the edge of extreme left.  It has Fox News as Right Bias, as well as Townhall and Chicks on the Right.  It has USA Today in the Least Biased category.  FrontPage is the only one so far I"ve found listed as Questionable Source.  That should tell you something.  It's making an honest attempt at evaluating these difference news sources.  

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20 hours ago, TitanTiger said:

 

Just as a point of reference, it rates all the major TV/Cable news channels as Left Bias.  It rates Vox, Salon, and Slate as further left.  It has Alternet right on the edge of extreme left.  It has Fox News as Right Bias, as well as Townhall and Chicks on the Right.  It has USA Today in the Least Biased category.  FrontPage is the only one so far I"ve found listed as Questionable Source.  That should tell you something.  It's making an honest attempt at evaluating these difference news sources.  

I have no problem with conservative sources, but all this newfound concern about the integrity of our security and law enforcement organizations reeks of focused political propaganda.

I am not saying anyone should be beyond investigation but there's WAY more rhetoric being created over this issue than hard evidence and that's no accident.

Never heard of frontpage or mediabiascheck, but the tone of the subject article was certainly suspect.

  

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1 hour ago, homersapien said:

I have no problem with conservative sources, but all this newfound concern about the integrity of our security and law enforcement organizations reeks of focused political propaganda.

I am not saying anyone should be beyond investigation but there's WAY more rhetoric being created over this issue than hard evidence and that's no accident.

Never heard of frontpage or mediabiascheck, but the tone of the subject article was certainly suspect.

  

A ton of Russian propaganda sites out there pushing crap.

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On 12/27/2017 at 2:27 PM, homersapien said:

From Trump's "accomplishments" thread:

4) Destroy public faith in the US intelligence community

Trump’s attack on the US intelligence community started even before he took office. On January 11, he compared US intelligence agencies to Nazis, because he believed the intelligence community had leaked lies about him to the press to try to ruin his reputation.

It didn’t get much better after Inauguration Day. On January 21, Trump’s first full day as president, he gave a politically-charged speech in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall — a marble wall featuring 117 stars representing CIA employees killed in the line of duty that is considered almost sacred ground by many in the agency — where, among other things, he boasted about the size of his inauguration crowd.  

Trump has also pushed back against the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the election. And though his CIA director Mike Pompeo officially stands by their conclusion, he has occasionally liedto the public about its findings, apparently to please his boss.

Trump fired FBI director James Comey in May in part to try to make the FBI’s investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to win the presidential election — an investigation that Comey led at the time and that Trump calls a “witch hunt” — to go away.

And there’s now a growing campaign by Trump and some of his conservative allies to discredit the special counsel investigation that started after Trump fired Comey. That’s led some, including members of Congress, to criticize special counsel Robert Mueller and other top law enforcement officials like Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in public, further adding to the erosion of trust in the US intelligence community.

That’s not good for their morale, and it could potentially harm US national security in the future.

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/366594-donald-trump-is-not-attacking-the-fbi-even-as-he-attacks-the-fbi

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8 hours ago, homersapien said:

Never heard of frontpage or mediabiascheck, but the tone of the subject article was certainly suspect.

FPM is David Horowitz's baby. 

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And who here knows David Horowitz's life? Not saying he isnt without problems now, but early on, DH was out there telling the truth as a former member of some of the most Radical Left entities in America. 

David Horwitz: Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey

Radical Son was THE book that alarmed me as to just how crazy the crazies were in politics in the 60s & 70s.

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