SIAP: Even a writer for the ultimate rag, the NYDN, is piping up. If people like Van Jones kept it up after his "Nothing burger", needs to be sued to hell & back, for starters.

Never forget the Trump-Russia moral panic: By fearmongering far beyond the evidence, the media and politicians did a huge disservice to the public

I resolved then that I would not take out my anger on ordinary citizens, who were sold a demented conspiratorial fantasy by cynical profit-seeking media corporations and self-interested politicians. I would instead reserve my scorn for the people who should’ve known better: the wealthy MSNBC hosts, the progressive-leaning legislators, the savvy podcasters and YouTube stars.

Surely these people knew that buying into a story-line that had its origins in the deepest corners of the national security state — the FBI, CIA, and other factions of the newly-valorized “Intelligence Community” — was an extremely dubious proposition, knowing how blighted the track records of those entities were. I still think these various “influencers” did know on some level that they were perpetuating a delusion.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-never-forget-the-trump-russia-moral-panic-20190325-i3vgecetwvcqdmuzhuv5dyt22i-story.html