US President Donald Trump and the broadcaster "Fox News" had fired the "Unmasking" scandal against Barack Obama.
Justice Secretary Barr is now clear.
"Fox News" promoted
an alleged corruption scandal involving
ex-US President Barack Obama
.
Donald Trump *
fueled the allegations.
The
result of the investigation by Justice Minister Barr
invalidated the so-called
"unmasking" affair
.
The dubious
coverage of Barack Obama
is now a boomerang for "
Fox
".
Update from October 22nd, 12.49 p.m.:
US President
Donald Trump
had hoped that he would get his predecessor
Barack Obama off
with a
huge scandal
.
But the Minister of Justice
thwarted
his bill (
see first report of October 19, 3:39 p.m.
).
Now Obama himself dealt against Trump and describes him as "unable to take the job seriously".
At his first
campaign rally
in Philadelphia in
support of Democratic presidential candidate
Joe Biden
*, Obama said on Wednesday: The office at the head of the state is “not a reality show.
This is the reality. ”Due to the
corona pandemic
the event was put on as a drive-in action, during which the audience had to remain seated in their cars.
Obama also appealed to Joe Biden supporters and the Democrats not to get excited too soon just because of the
polls
would look good right now.
"I don't care about the polls," Obama said.
In the election four years ago, the Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton was
also ahead in the
polls
, but things turned out differently in the end.
Obama believes that in 2016 many became “lazy and complacent” because of the good values and did not vote.
This should not be repeated.
Great to be back in Philly today.
I'm fired up and ready to go!
pic.twitter.com/6r3W4EyeFU
- Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 22, 2020
Philadelphia is located in the US state of
Pennsylvania
*, which has been one of the so-called swing states * since 2016, i.e. the highly competitive states that could decide the election.
Trump was barely able to assert himself against Clinton in the state at the time.
USA: huge scandal about ex-President Obama?
- Donald Trump starts
First report from October 19, 3:39 p.m .:
Munich / Washington DC - The
former US President Barack Obama
was investigated because of serious allegations.
The news channel "
Fox News
" had made it public.
Radio presenter Sean Hannity described the alleged scandal as the "
greatest abuse of power and corruption scandal in the history of the country.
"
President
Donald Trump
* promptly listened and seemed convinced.
"
Espionage.
Exposure
.
Call it what you want, "the Focus quotes from a
Twitter post by Donald Trump
," this is
really a big deal right
now. "Today, CNN describes the story of the alleged" espionage operation "as a
conspiracy
.
USA: Barack Obama “blown” - Justice Minister presents clear result in “unmasking” scandal
The
Justice Department
recently presented a clear result of what is alleged to be the
greatest political scandal in American history
.
In May,
Fox journalist Laura Ingraham
had spoken of the
Obama administration being "blown"
.
Justice Secretary William Barr paints a completely different picture today.
The so-called
“unmasking” scandal
in the US media
is now disappearing into thin air.
Barr investigators found no evidence of alleged espionage and closed
the investigation without charge
, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
+
Ex-US President Barack Obama was confronted with severe accusations: "Fox News" spoke of the greatest political scandal in American history.
© Matt Rourke / AP / dpa
Scandal allegations against Barack Obama: reporting becomes a boomerang for Fox News
Ex-President Obama
and his former employees do not have to answer for anything - after all, they obviously did not do anything wrong.
The
exaggerated scandal
is now becoming a media boomerang for “Fox News”.
The
allegations against Barack Obama
arose, as CNN now explains, an
everyday administrative process
.
"Unmasking" scandal?
US media are puffing up everyday processes into a mega-affair
In
reports by the US secret service
,
names of US citizens are generally blackened out
.
However, if officials believe a name is necessary to understand context, they can
request disclosure
.
This process is called "
unmasking
" and is part of the routine of the responsible authorities.
In connection with the Russia scandal, the Obama administration demanded this “unmasking”.
Trump's former security advisor Michael Flynn was
"exposed"
.
The report recorded illicit contacts and collusion with foreign officials, including the Russian ambassador.
He lied to Vice President Mike Pence about these contacts and lost his office.
Although the allegations were dropped today due to formal errors in the questioning,
the Obama administration's interest
has therefore proven to be justified.
"Obamagate": "Fox News" is heavily criticized for scandal allegations
Although the
procedure of “unmasking” in national security issues is commonplace
and happens thousands of times a year, CNN today denounces that it is
portrayed as shameful
by the
right-wing
media
.
The overemphasis on the so-called “
Obamagate
” is now
receiving
massive criticism for “Fox”.
Articles in question were
removed
from
foxnews.com
on Wednesday
.
Pro-Trump media outlets care from conspiracy to conspiracy.
Newest example: On the same morning that the @washingtonpost front page said "'Unmasking' probe concludes without charges," the @NYPost front page promised "BIDEN SECRET EMAILS."
On to the next!
- Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 18, 2020
Among other things, the station is accused of neglecting the
coverage of the corona virus * in
addition to the
alleged Obama scandal
.
The pandemic hit the US hard and is still raging.
Critics are now saying that
"Obamagate" was supposed to divert attention
from the problems in the country during the US election campaign and thus prevent
negative reporting about Donald Trump
.
CNN journalist Brian Shelter suspects the same about the coverage of the e-mail affair with presidential candidate Joe Biden * and his Hunter.
(moe) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
List of rubric lists: © Matt Rourke / AP / dpa
