Guardian quietly edits itself away from completely fabricated blockbuster "Manafort visited Assange at embassy" story. Expect more changes. Will editor @KathViner resign? https://t.co/JgEXSTXFzg pic.twitter.com/93mdLRtncb
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 27, 2018
Looks like someone got caught peddling propaganda. Curious to see how long until they retract the whole story.
Glenn Greenwald has been all over it
Noting that @KenDilanianNBC claimed he "independently confirmed" the false story that Trump Jr got advanced access to the WikiLeaks email dump only for NBC to have to humiliatingly retract it: https://t.co/4ttsmCDjYS
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 27, 2018
Obviously, neither WL nor Manafort's vehement denials are dispositive, but If I were the Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian, I'd be having a very serious and grave discussion right now with my fellow editors and the reporters on this story to show the evidence on which it was based. https://t.co/g6ov0PqRFd
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 27, 2018
In sum, the Guardian published an article today that it knew would explode into all sorts of viral benefits for the paper and its reporters even though there are gaping holes and highly sketchy aspects to the story. That's a media pattern we've seen over and over in this story. https://t.co/1s9E3trp5f
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 27, 2018
It is possible Paul Manafort visited Julian Assange. If true, there should be ample video and other evidence showing this. https://t.co/q3juRKx4LT
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 27, 2018
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