Thread by @KimStrassel: "1) It is never fun to tackle fact checkers, but this one is a case study in that modern art of omitting details, stating unsupportable asser […]"

Thread by @KimStrassel: "1) It is never fun to tackle fact checkers, but this one is a case study in that modern art of omitting details, stating unsupportable asser […]"

1) It is never fun to tackle fact checkers, but this one is a case study in that modern art of omitting details, stating unsupportable assertions as fact, slipping things in, manipulating a narrative. 

Opinion as "fact." 

So let's go through it. 

Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis

Fact Checker Analysis

Who is Bruce Ohr and why does Trump keep tweeting about him?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/16/who-is-bruce-ohr-why-does-trump-keep-tweeting-about-him/?utm_term=.e30d884f001c

2)"Ohr exists in a netherworld — a subject of fascination in right-leaning media". Right, though piece fails to note that is because mainstream media is more "fascinated" by Omarosa than it is the news that a high ranking DOJ official--

3)--whose wife worked for Clinton oppo-research group Fusion GPS--was feeding said oppo research to the FBI. And that the FBI was taking it even after having officially terminated Fusion employee Christopher Steele as a source, for breaking FBI rules.

4)"Ohr is less of a central player." The guy was among highest ranking DOJ officials. And anybody who works for one central player in this drama (DOJ) and has dozens of contacts with all the other central players (Fusion, FBI, Steele) is by definition pretty central..."

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