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Delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. boost® high protein. be up for life. we're back now on "reliable sources. we're talking about buzzfeed's story which could be a smoking gun if it's true. but those two words, if true, they're two of the most dangerous words in journalism. a lot of reporters have been through what those buzzfeed reporters and editors are going through now. a story comes out. it could have profound consequences, but it could be wrong, according to a key spokesman. think back to watergate. t...

And in the hearings it was established that he directed $350,000 just as we had said to be spent and it was apparent within two days that we were right. it may not be apparent within two days who was right, what the exact context is. we'll have to wait to find out. it's clear that from the mueller statement that some part of what buzzfeed wrote the prosecutor believes is in error. is it the substance of cohen saying he was directed by the president to lie on is it about how the special prosecutor came to know such a thing happened. we'll have to wait. i keep saying the same thing.

Can be shady and that identity is revealed and you want to say, come on. i want to say the story in this case, these are very narrow, very strong discriminate escrip. i think that is -- that is -- >> so what's going on then? is there a fight between the special counsel's office and southern district of new york and one set of prosecutors are saying one thing and the -- >> we're actively figuring that out. we're trying to figure how to parse this statement from the mueller team and figure out what's happening behind the team at doj and special counsel but we're trying to get deeper inside the r...

It could -- it was ready to go. >> let's take a look at what buzzfeed did to request comment from special counsel. this is first e-mail from jason leopold, co-author of the story, sent to the special counsel's office at 1:50 p.m. on thursday. it says, anthony and i have a story coming up stated cohen was directed by trump to lie. assume no comment from you but just wanted to check. best, jason. to me, this is a shocking casual way to ask for comment for such a serious story. to you think that was an appropriate and sufficient way to ask for comment? >> peter told "the washington post" or peopl...

Dispute about how accurate the story was and whether it was wrong? how do you think that plays? >> i don't know. nothing lasts long-term. everything is so frenetic. buzzfeed has a proven record of getting these stories right. let's not miss some important underlying facts here. one of the underlying truths of this is if you ask me, does ben smith, the editor of buzzfeed, have a deeper commitment to truth than donald trump, i would say, ben smith, obviously. >> right. >> i think part -- part of this is you have two different systems at work here. you have a system on the trump side that doesn't...