Latest @nytimes angle on the #TrumpRussia saga: the #Dossier had nothing to do w/ #FBI’s launching of collusion investigation. The problem? More anonymous sources w/ unclear vetting, motivations & biases. Enough is enough. Go on record or forget it. Our democracy deserves better. 
The facts are clear: Obama officials investigated the #TrumpRussia claims. The result? #DNI Clapper said (in Mar ‘17) that he saw no evidence of collusion. This includes the latest info provided by NYT reporters @SharonLNYT @MarkMazzettiNYT @mattapuzzo nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…
None of this absolves @realDonaldTrump, who’s given America clear reason to doubt his commitment to fighting the #Russia threat. Guilty pleas by his staff only add to the suspicions. Accordingly, America still needs the #MuellerInvestigation. We need finality.
But equally, we need our press — especially our flagship newspapers @nytimes @washingtonpost — to pursue this story fairly. That includes pursuing why @Comey, @JohnBrennan & Clapper briefed unvetted #Dossier to DC pols, “virtually assuring that it’d leak.” (NYT words, not mine)
And yet it’s rather difficult for media outlets like #NYTimes to report on questionable or scandalous behavior of DC operators (such as Comey) when they’re also sources (as Comey was). This is the danger of anonymous “senior govt officials” we keep reading about re: #TrumpRussia
Bottom line: I may not like #Trump and eagerly await the elections in 2018 and 2020. But our media cannot embrace the same. After all, #NYTimes was founded on a simple principle: report without fear or favor. It’s time its editors and reporters remind themselves of that creed.
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