Here's a headline from Politico today:
The week that could reveal Mueller’s end-game
Notice that the headline doesn't say that the Mueller report is coming this week It only says that the report COULD come this week. Last week, it was reported that the Mueller report was coming last Friday based upon a statement by former CIA Director John Brennan. (To be fair, Brennan never got much right when he headed the CIA, so there was no reason to believe him on the Mueller report.) Next week, there will no doubt be more articles that the Mueller report could be coming. Eventually, there will be some report by Mueller, but no one in the media knows when that will be. Instead, we will get the could, might, possibly, maybe news.
How lazy does a reporter have to be to write an article that is just sheer speculation?
The week that could reveal Mueller’s end-game
Notice that the headline doesn't say that the Mueller report is coming this week It only says that the report COULD come this week. Last week, it was reported that the Mueller report was coming last Friday based upon a statement by former CIA Director John Brennan. (To be fair, Brennan never got much right when he headed the CIA, so there was no reason to believe him on the Mueller report.) Next week, there will no doubt be more articles that the Mueller report could be coming. Eventually, there will be some report by Mueller, but no one in the media knows when that will be. Instead, we will get the could, might, possibly, maybe news.
How lazy does a reporter have to be to write an article that is just sheer speculation?
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