You can’t cry wolf and complain about fake news when you’re the one creating it! But here’s the thing about “news dumps,” they’re supposed to help by creating a media distraction so legislation/ congressional action can slide on, but too bad ALL media is covering DC at all corners – PB/TK
Trump’s ‘Tapes’ Were a Bluff to Force James Comey to Tell the Whole Truth – By Joel B. Pollack / June 22 2017
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he had not recorded his conversations with former FBI director James Comey before firing him.
The media are portraying Trump’s new “admission” as a failure. But in fact, Trump’s bluff has been a tactical win for the president, for two reasons.
First and foremost, Trump’s bluff forced Comey to confirm publicly — on his own volition — Trump’s claim that Comey had, indeed, told the president on three separate occasions that he was not under investigation.
The media hilariously predicted, wrongly, that Comey would say otherwise, based on “sources.” Indeed, Comey could have said he did not recall telling the president that. But with the possibility of “tapes” looming, he had to make an admission to protect the broader credibility of his effort to damage the president through his testimony to the Senate.
