MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: 18 Questions CNN Needs To Answer After Getting Busted For Fake News.

I know the answer to this one: “15. How will editorial processes on Russia conspiracy stories change going forward to avoid similar errors?” The answer is: Not at all.

WITH JOURNALISM TODAY, THE MOCKERY COMES EASY:

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NOW THERE’S A SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST ALEX KOZINSKI, though it doesn’t even rise to the Franken level. Note Kozinski’s unfazed reaction.

MARK PULLIAM: When Cronyism Met Political Correctness at the University of Texas.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Exclusive: Taxpayers Paid $220K to Settle Case Involving Rep. Alcee Hastings.

I’M SURE EVERYTHING IS ON THE LEVEL: FBI investigating Cuomo office’s hiring practices.. “Many of the well-paid new political appointees announced in March were veterans of the Obama administration or Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful presidential campaign that needed new employment. The moves also sparked further speculation about Cuomo gearing up for a 2020 presidential run.”

DEEP STATE UPDATE: How the FBI Criminalized Trump’s Transition.

It’s looking more and more like a reprise of what happened in Wisconsin after Scott Walker took office, and for the same reason: A threat to people’s feedlot.

IN THE EMAIL FROM CELIA HAYES:  Lone Star Glory: Continuing the Entertaining and Mostly If Not Always True Adventures of Texas Ranger Jim Reade and his Blood Brother Delaware Scout Toby … Republic of Texas (Lone Star Sons Book 2)

Time and place? The Republic of Texas, at mid-19th century
Who and what? Texas Ranger Jim Reade, and his Delaware blood brother, Toby Shaw – tasked with solving puzzles, finding the missing, guiding the clueless, and protecting the innocent!
“So,” Toby observed, an hour and a half later. “What have you seen, from this?”
The two of them stood, a few steps from a crude scarecrow cross-frame of poles, from which hung an extremely ragged linen shirt, formerly belonging to Elisha Reade – a shirt from which some small patches had been cut to mend items of a newer vintage. But there was enough of it remaining to serve, hanging from the cross-pole thrust through the sleeves, as a target for Jim’s trusty Paterson revolvers … A good few shots had been at close range. As close as the range in which Jon Knightley had exchanged – or claimed to have exchanged – revolver-fire with his wife.
“A curiosity which I had already suspected,” Jim replied. He was tired. His shoulders slumped, and his ears rang from the frequent report of his revolvers. “Jon Knightley murdered his wife – his latest wife…”

Lone Star Glory – continuing the adventures of Texas Ranger Jim Reade and his blood-brother Toby Shaw of the Delaware, in the Texas of legend!

FLIRTING? FLIRTING? THEY’RE BACK IN THE ALLEY, GIVING IT A TWO PENNY UPRIGHT:  Europe Is Flirting with a Disaster for Free Speech.

OH, THERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Yet Another “Racism” Hoax.

THEY JUST CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES:  CNN with more fake news.

BABY PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE?  Monster black hole is the oldest ever found.

ABOUT TIME:  DOJ Opens Investigation Of Plannned Parenthood And Sales Of Baby Parts.

THEY HAVE NO HUMAN FEELINGS:  Newsweek Mocks Loss of Mike Pence’s Cat Pickles.

BARTENDERS AND WAITSTAFF SHOCKED:  Science shows drunk people have no idea how wasted they are.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:   The absolute worst Christmas gifts you can give.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS WHETHER YOUR INSURANCE WILL COVER THIS:  Here’s what you need to know about 3D mammograms.

THE HALF THAT PAY ATTENTION TO POLITICS. I MEAN, REALLY, MOST HUMAN-SUITS DON’T FIT THAT WELL, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIZARD UNDERNEATH:  Or see it come out in the way they vote.   Half of humans believe in alien life, study says.

WHAT WERE AUSTRALIANS SMOKING TO EVEN THINK OF THIS?  Military wives furious over proposal to send sex workers to troops.

NEVER TRUST A MALE ‘FEMINIST’. IT’S JUST COVER UNDER WHICH TO HOIST THE PIRATE FLAG:  They probably also have other bad habits.   Fairbanks man gets 45 year sentence in child abuse case.

DON’T TRUST AND ALWAYS VERIFY:  Roy Moore accuser admits altering yearbook entry.

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OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN: CNN Botches Major ‘Bombshell’ Alleging Contacts Between Don Jr. And WikiLeaks.

The story, which CNN published on Friday and covered extensively on TV, was touted as the first evidence that the Trump campaign was given a heads-up about documents stolen from Democrats.

But the story appears to have been riddled with errors, while also lacking key context.

Perhaps the most jarring error in the CNN report is the date on which Trump Jr. was sent the email. The network reported that a person named Mike Erickson emailed Trump Jr. and others on the Trump campaign on Sept. 4, 2016, with a link to Wikileaks documents as well as a decryption key to access them.

The email also offered access to emails that had been stolen from former Sec. of State Colin Powell, according to CNN.

But a copy of the email provided to The Daily Caller shows that Erickson sent the email on Sept. 14.

That date is significant because WikiLeaks had released a batch of stolen documents on Sept. 13. The group touted its release of the DNC documents, which were published by Guccifer 2.0.

Read the whole thing, which is yet another enforced error by a major outlet of the Democratic-Media Complex.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Ouch.

HOW THE FBI CRIMINALIZED TRUMP’S TRANSITION.