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"buzzfeed" did have a strong track record and theyre trying to get to the bottom >> you cant misunderstand what a source is telling you. >> i am with you and one of the my concerns is it only sited two senior law enforcement officials. >> it said other documents. sgl this story did leave a lot we wanted to know more about. i think the frustration is palpable. how much longer are we go having to to wait for thence s answer. >> you were on just a short time ago. the editor and chief of "buzzfeed" ...

Accurate, the presidents siting the special councils for its honesty and accuracy. they turned the credentials as a fair arbter of the public facts in this case. i dont think were there yet. it is clear to me what the special counsel is actually dispiting. sometimes you get these denials that just vaigly say something is not accurate. and youre left with even more confusion and we could can get into this but i thik what weir theyre disputing mostly is the corroboration that "buzzfeed" is reporti...

One of the big questions for lawmakers they wanted to seed underlying documents that the buzzfeed report was based on. saying look, these underlying documents, witness interviews, they do not show what the buzzfeed story says theyre going to show. and its so rare, so rare, for the special counsel to speak out about anything. last year, they refused to comment to "the new york times" about what one of their prosecutors was having for lunch. such an extraordinary day. president trumps attorney r...

News. the report had said that president donald trump had convinced his longtime personal attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about the moscow deal. we rarely hear from the special counsels office. heres what peter carr said in a statement, buzzfeeds description of the specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohens congressional testimony are not accurate, peter carr said. and we got a mess...

We know that he runs a very tight operation, and he can be commended for that. obviously running an investigation in this highly charged political climate. but, again, theyre trying to make that case -- at least signaling that didnt come from him. >> i probably shouldnt tell people i ran into you at dinner so i know who youre talking about and youre exactly right. these are people who would know. >> exactly. the last thing i would say, lost on no one, the fact that once this story came out -- an...

Public statements but theyre disputing aspects of a buzzfeed report that said the president told his former lawyer to lie to congress. >> jeremy is with us live from washington. jeremy, talk to us about the significance of the supepecial counsel coming out and saying i dispute some of these aspects? >> yeah, its certainly significant and rare. the anybody of times that the special counsel has gone on the record you can count it on one hand. and what the special counsel did here is issue a statem...

Want you to mean it. and i want you to show that caring and that meaning by actually making an effort to really do something rather than say, oh, my gosh. its like a hashtag. what does that really mean, right? thats how i feel about that. i got some big breaking news to get to. speaking of experiences, i cant wait for the dance-off because you know im going to kick your butt. >> whenever you want. that will be one of the few moments that dont bring us closer together because you are going to be ...

Office almost never comments on stories, which shows how seriously their rr tyke this. and "buzzfeed" in response to the statement tonight we stand by our reporting and the source whose informed us and we thurj special counsel to make clear what hes disputing. they want to know what are you saying is wrong so that we can defend ourselves or correct ourselves. we need to get to the trulgt of all of this. the stakes here could not be higher. this shows you just how much credibility robert muellers...

Have dinner with folks who know him very well. but the consnss is that mueller was trying to figure out where these leaks were. and he can be commended for that. running an investigation in this highly charged plil plitdle. >> i probably dont tell yornl and the last thing i would say. lost on no one is once the tor ey somes out obviously the "buzzfeed" foebz need to give us more, the mueller folks need give us more information. but lost on no one ismany of us read about that story last night and...

Newspaper or in some media outlet that has a lot of things correct but it has a few things incorrect, like who is the object of scrutiny or what documents we have or mischaracterizes things in a certain way, usually our plan was to keep our mouths shut. you can do more harm by talking than not talking. sometimes it was egregious enough you felt like you had to make some statement. the problem then is, you dont want to edit their piece and say, among these 15 facts -- you become their editor. you...