Media Trainwreck: Yeah, About That Picture of the Alleged Russian Spy in the Oval Office…It’s Not Her
. . .So, of course, collusion fever reached unhealthy levels again yesterday. There was a picture of a woman with red hair—Butina is a redhead—in the Oval Office with President Trump. Great Odin’s raven! But it’s not her. It’s an NSC staffer with red hair. Regardless, the initial tweet went viral (via Mediaite):
"Senior Political Reporter" pic.twitter.com/nZZJjfEh6s
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) July 17, 2018
Butina even got as close as Susan Rice and Barack Obama, walking arm in arm. Just amazing pic.twitter.com/vXBBzHWrkQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2018
Watching a photo go viral from journalists who haven’t confirmed the identity of the person in it pic.twitter.com/P90iDxm0MZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2018
A fmr WH official tells me he thinks the person in this NYT photo is Cari Lutkins, the WH's deputy director of events, who plans logistics for events like these pic.twitter.com/NZJ0z7IUqt
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 17, 2018
This photo is going around: That is not alleged Russian spy Maria Butina in the Oval Office With Trump. It’s an NSC staffer, a NSC source tells BuzzFeed News. pic.twitter.com/k1pDeIBZiK
— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) July 17, 2018
Re TASS photo of Trump/Lavrov meeting – woman in the doorway of the Oval is an NSC staffer, NOT Butina.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 17, 2018
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And liberal media figures wonder why they’re mocked and not trusted anymore. (Read more from “Media Trainwreck: Yeah, About That Picture of the Alleged Russian Spy in the Oval Office…It’s Not Her” HERE)
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