The Trump golden showers memo was rejected by six major news publications and dozens of American and British journalists before Buzzfeed finally published the document. Here is Guido’s listicle of those who turned the story down:
CNN has dumped on Buzzfeed, even their friends at the Guardian have blasted them, saying it was “wrong” to publish and the decision “damages proper journalism“. Today’s Sun Says is damning: “The Buzzfeed site styles itself the “most trusted” name in news. That’s a laugh. It has made a mockery of journalism.” Buzzfeed published a load of speculation from a real-life Johnny English, and you won’t believe what happened next!
What a leak this is. BuzzFeed has published an unverified document it says was shown by US intelligence to Trump and Obama about the President-Elect’s links to the Russians. Here’s the bit everyone will be talking about: the claim the Russian security services caught Trump enjoying golden showers from prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room. Wikileaks have spared us by not releasing the video…