U.S._ Media Critic: Mainstream Press in Trouble Following Danchenko Indictment

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Media Critic: Mainstream Press in Trouble Following Danchenko Indictment

Igor Danchenko leaves Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday, after he was arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about his sources of information, among them an associate of Hillary Clinton. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

By Brian Freeman | Tuesday, 09 November 2021 12:53 PM


The indictment against Igor Danchenko in connection with the Steele dossier demonstrates that mainstream media outlets face a "steep journalistic challenge" to defend their initial reporting on the file, according to The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple.

Danchenko — whose indictment on five counts of making false statements to the FBI was secured by special counsel John Durham — was the primary researcher of the Steele dossier, a compilation of rumors and unproven assertions that attempted to discredit the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

"The Danchenko indictment doubles as a critique of several media outlets that covered Steele's reports in 2016 and after its publication by BuzzFeed in January 2017 … CNN, MSNBC, Mother Jones, the McClatchy newspaper chain and various pundits showered credibility upon the dossier without corroboration — and found other topics to cover when a forceful debunking arrived in December 2019 via a report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz," Wemple wrote.

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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/igor-danchenko-christopher-steele-dosier-john-durham/2021/11/09/id/1043938/

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