How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wrong?

Re:How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wr... by michaelmrose on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:22AM (#29242358)

I don't understand why the Steele dossier being at best worthless would convince anyone who disliked Trump's policies or persona in 2016 to vote differently in 2020. Even if you conclude media bad it in no way follows Trump good. Did they somehow initially believe it and then the scales fell from their eyes and they realized he did get 100s of thousands of Americans killed but at least nobody pees on him so he became in their eyes ok?

That just doesn't seem very likely.

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Re:How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wr... by retox on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @03:54PM (#29246242)

I imagine it has something to do with the Dossier coverage bolstering Trumps claims that the media is untrustworthy. It's easy from there to think "well, if they lied about this, what else did they lie about?". So you look more into many of the stories in the media, come to the conclusion that they regularly lie or embellish and your disdain snowballs from there.

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Re:How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wr... by djsbs on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @03:52PM (#29246209)

This person didn't vote for Trump but, although she voted for Sanders in the primary, she didn't vote for HRC either. So she wasn’t a cultist on either side.

She has good memory and in ‘16 listen/read all the “liberal” sources. When the narrative started to fall apart (and if you have good memory you saw it fall apart) she started giving an ear to “alternative” media.

She eventually reached the conclusion that the alternative media was more honest.

Take from this anecdote what you will, but these people are out there (they’re referred to, obnoxiously, as being “red pilled”) and when elections are won on the margins, they matter.

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