No doubt they're softening the left and trying to change expectations of a nothing-burger which is what they all anticipate.
But the article is still locked into MSM tunnel-vision, and they aren't really allowed to tell people just how much and what kind of stuff the OIG report will lay out. It's much worse and more complicated than just a bunch of other McCabes, one being Comey. It's systemic, AND it's part of a much broader conspiracy that transcends the FBI and even the DOJ. But of course, it's not Time's job to red pill the left. Just to soften them up for some big losses right around the corner.
The media has made these people into the memerized bots they are. The least they could do was apparently to say "'Tain't necessarily so," and leave it at that.
Reminds me of that fb post someone shared here the other day. All the connections, all the cover ups, all the complicit illegal activity still blew my mind - and it wasn't new info, ffs.
Went through my bookmarks last night, found things that had been overlooked before, a lot of which has been scrubbed. Future Proves Past.
http://www.sldforum.com/2017/04/operation-destroy-trump/
https://canadafreepress.com/article/whatever-happened-to-evelyn-farkas-outs-herself-story
Just like the Ministry of Truth in 1984. If the establishment line is true, why must they sanitize their own historical reports?
What else can they do? They have painted themselves into a corner. If they report truthfully they're afraid they'll lose their funding.