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
".
Munich / Washington DC -
Former US President Barack Obama
has been investigated for 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 revealed 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 email affair about 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
