January Surprise

On the Media

• Episode: January Surprise
• Website: On the Media
• Feed URL: http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia
• Duration: 00:21:13
• Published: 2017-01-12 02:18

For weeks now, journalists have been aware of a dossier circulating among top officials and the media; it alleges among other things, that Russia has compromising (Kompromat) information on President Elect Donald Trump. But it wasn't until a chain of events set off by a presidential briefing about the contents of the dossier that the media felt free to talk about what they knew. Brooke speaks with Slate's Will Oremus about Buzzfeed's (and Slate's) decision to publish the anonymous (and unverified) Russia memos in full.