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Old 05-17-2017, 09:47 AM   #3299
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Originally Posted by AltaGuy View Post
The issue is that we have no idea what the media confirmed or didn't before reporting the information they did. They could've confirmed that it wouldn't be harmful before publishing. As noted, Israel subsequently confirmed the information, suggesting they didn't consider it overly harmful. I don't doubt that the NYT or Wapo could have called up sources in Israel prior to publishing.

Trump sought no assurances, and we know that. Drawing an equivalence between the two actions is wrong because we do not know the steps taken by the press.
We know equally as much from both sides...
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