Standards Process: Claim Trump and Russian Oligarchs

standards process: When that basic tenet of journalism is lost, the news becomes a series of ifs, buts, maybes and possiblys, according to MSNBC. Also on rt MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell walks back claim Trump's loans were co-signed by Russian oligarchs' Apologizing later, Lawrence said the story didn't go through MSNBC's rigorous verification and standards process. Typically, when a journalist does not have enough information to verify a claim, they wait until such time that they do. One wonders if anyone from the rigorous verification' department has ever met Rachel Maddow the network's very own conspiracy queen, who has become infamous for her fact-free reporting. That's standard media practice these days and it actually qualifies him to lead the FBI. Jesse Kelly Jesse KellyDC August 29, 2019Russiagate made speculation journalism the norm rather than the exception. Some of Lawrence's other journalism fails include claiming Russia attacked the British voting system to deliver Brexit, and a suggestion that Moscow orchestrated a chemical weapons attack in Syria to provide a distraction for Trump's domestic critics.I don't know why Lawrence O'Donnell had to apologize for airing false information about Trump having a Russia connection. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.