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*Adams, Becket (March 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-host-apparently-unaware-that-several-people-have-called-for-the-repeal-of-the-second-amendment CNN host apparently unaware that people have indeed called for the repeal of the Second Amendment]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.</ref>

*Adams, Becket (March 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-host-apparently-unaware-that-several-people-have-called-for-the-repeal-of-the-second-amendment CNN host apparently unaware that people have indeed called for the repeal of the Second Amendment]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.</ref>

Sometime before January 6, 2017, [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] briefed opposition research talking points manufactured by the Clinton campaign in the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' to Jake Tapper. The salacious innuendo lacked verification and a " news hook" for CNN to report, so Clapper instructed [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]] to brief President-elect Trump on the allegations. Clapper immediately leaked the fact Trump had been briefed to CNN, creating the "news hook" CNN was looking for to make the existence of the ''Steele dossier'' public. Clapper was rewarded with a job at CNN afterward.

Sometime before January 6, 2017, [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] briefed opposition research talking points, manufactured by the Clinton campaign in the ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to Jake Tapper. The salacious innuendo lacked verification and a " news hook" for CNN to report, so Clapper instructed [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]] to brief President-elect Trump on the allegations. Clapper immediately leaked the fact Trump had been briefed to CNN, creating the "news hook" CNN was looking for to make the existence of the ''Steele dossier'' public. Clapper was rewarded with a job at CNN afterward.

===Deep state and fake news===

===Deep state and fake news===