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>> now youre sounding trumpish. >> well, no, its just the truth that this is where this is going to be the undoing of the press if they dont do what you just said, if that kind of serious journalism doesnt happen and and we should point out that nbc universal is an investor in buzzfeed. any time thats mentioned it should be said. >> yes. they are. so we should say here, though, that that the -- youre getting at the pay dirt here, what is the term he used? they appropriate this term, fake news. f...

Okay, now, somehow, news agencies got their hands on it. i heard tom brokaw saying that he heard about a month ago. he decided not to go with it because they couldnt substantiate it. he did the right thing. but buzzfeed didnt. they published the dossier -- >> bill: nobody is taking up for them. the question is -- >> nbc -- >> you cant just -- >> who leaked to the 35 page dossier word for word? height it had to be -- >> john mccain -- >> bill: it could have been overseas. it could have been someo...

Reported, they wouldnt let the reporters -- >> we did. one of our own reporters tried to look. >> yeah, because of course somebody went to staples and hour earlier. >> i dont know but that certainly is plausible. >> creatined this problem that looks like a law students dorm room, you know? it really -- >> its like obviously weve thought this through and obviously weve addressed the conflict of interest, just look at how many sheets of paper there are. >> just look at all this paper in an era whe...

What has surprised you the most about this office, and chanted you the most about serving, humbling, and it troubled you the most? >> let me write this down. what was the first one? >> surprised, troubled, and chanted and chanted. and humbled. >> sean: enchanted, really? ignore these people if that is how theyre going to treat you, they dont deserve the access they think they deserve. these are the same people, they were caught red-handed openly colluding with the clinton campaign to help her wi...

Remember, many reporters have this for many months and they didnt do it either? i think we are painting with a broad brush the media. it was buzzfeed that was the exception. a document like this had been within the wikileaks stuff and podesta email that around, what would we think? >> good points. >> my point journal. >> heres the bad point on this. theres a reason buzzfeed ran that on the reason is the intelligence agencies in fact did included in the briefing for the president obama and the pr...

The unpardonable offense of doing his job. and so the mystery continues tonight. why is donald trump so nice to vladimir putin? no one is taking the buzzfeed documents as conclusive proof of anything. so reporters continue to probe for other possible explanations after donald trump insisted today that he has no deals in russia, and that he would be -- nothing that would make him beholden to putin or the russians. he was once again logically asked about his tax returns. >> will you release your t...

Put together. there was a lot of news to be made today, a lot of serious news. and what buzzfeed did was throw that out there, make a nefarious allegation for clicks. it was wrong and it destroyed an important news media cycle. >> when we come back, i want to talk about trump attacks a journist, attacks the messenger. bring the bad news about him correctly usually or not you get nailed by him personally. number two, change the subject. the rabbit somebody says that. we chase it and we dont chase...

Sever ties with his company, russia did try to interfere with the election probably and hes going to donate all of the income from foreign governments to the federal treasury, thats great. yet, it is a couple of news outlets that publish things in the last 48 hours that was inaccurate that really got him going. ainsley: yesterday no one is talking about that, really, everybody is focused on his press conference and the news that allegedly came out of russia about dirt on donald trump, hes saying...

Tonight. i watched kellyanne conway on cnn. and the strategy is to conflate the information that was posted on buzzfeed in a 34 page -- >> they layed out a dossile for everyone to see. >> the trump starategy is to conflate that product with what was briefed to mr. trump, which was hard evidence of russian involvement in not just our election, but attempts to hack the state department and companies. they were prepared to tell him about this other stuff that was floating out there. and james clapp...

>> russians are trying to hack us. iranians want to kill us. isis wants to blow us out of the water. climate change may be an issue but its not as pressing and urgent as isis. >> i see. i will leave it alone. we report. you decide. >> juan, are you making a commercial. >> write a letter to your editor if youre upset about climate change but dont bring it up to the cia director. >> just getting started. you can run. you can hide. they are going to get you. buzzfeeds embattled editor-in-chief defe...