I don't believe John Solomon's reporting. I have listened to his reports, read his columns and he has for the last three years been pushing stories by saying that the news is going to break. There is a lot of news out there that I follow and I do not find his reporting to be accurate. This is my opinion, which I stated. IF I were writing an article calling Solomon out, then I would need to defend that position. If I am writing a comment about yet another--like the 30th--time I've heard Solomon declare a bombshell and state that I don't believe it, that is my opinion. Disregard it, that's your right. Calling me names and demanding I defend my opinion is juvenile. Figure it out for yourself. Another thing that bothers me is that Solomon was at one point the editor of the Washington Times, a paper which was funded and founded by the Mooneys. That is the Reverend Sun Yung Moon.and Solomon only left there a couple of years back.
But news did break. People are just too stupid to realize it. For example, the Ukraine story. He did a report and included all official documents that he received. So your choice to not believe these documents is irrelevant. The documents exist anyway.
I am aware of his Ukraine reporting as well as the reporting of others on the same subject. But he also appears to have engaged in disinformation--maybe for good reason--but the choice I make is to step back from stories that are essentially unsourced, which his is. Most news is unsourced now--and unless there is a named source on the record, I am going to step back from it. That used to be basic journalistic standard. He asserts Trump is declassifying this stuff--how does he know that; I can't find this info anywhere else that isn't sourcing Solomon. Tell me where in this article is there any source at all? https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/trump-declassifying-tranche-fbi-memos-exposing-steeles
What's the disinformation though? His reports always includes links to his sources. His sources are either official documents or he's telling you what someone said. If the official document is lying or the person he is quoting is lying it does not mean he is spreading disinformation. He is simply reporting. It is up to your own discernment to judge whether or not the source is truthful.
Example, if the WH released a memo that said Trump is going golfing today and Solomon reported on that memo and Trump ends up not going golfing, it it bad journalism? Because I'm under the impression that a journalists job is to simply report the news.
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