Monday, August 1, 2016

FLASH BACKFILL (HUH !!!): THE “WHY ISN’T THIS STORY GETTING A BIGGER PLAY IN THE MSM & WHY ARE THE DC POLICE MAKING NO HEADWAY ????” EDITION



IN A POLITICAL YEAR, WHY ISN’T THE WASHINGTON D.C. MURDER OF A DNC STAFFER, WHO DEALT WITH DNC DATA, BIGGER NEWS ????? 


According to an up-to-date report on the internet muckraking rag, “Heatsreet” ---  “Washington DC’s up-and-coming Bloomingdale neighborhood remains gripped by fear three week after the murder there of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich — with still no reported leads, suspects or arrests in the killing….   Rich was beaten, shot and killed early on the morning of July 8 while he was walking home and talking on the phone to his girlfriend. Police have said they haven’t determined if his murder was a botched robbery or something else. The killer or killers appear to have taken nothing from their victim, leaving behind his wallet, watch and phone….   DC’s Metropolitan Police Department tells Heat Street on Friday that there are “no updates” in the case. But while information from authorities may be scarce, the Internet has certainly taken Seth Rich’s story to some very dark places — despite no evidence to back up any of the reigning conspiracy theories….”  (See “Still No Clues in Murder of DNC’s Seth Rich, As Conspiracy Theories Thicken” by Emily Zanotti, 7/29/16, Heatstreet.com [http://heatst.com/politics/still-no-clues-in-murder-of-dncs-seth-rich-as-conspiracy-theories-thicken/]). 

Since “Heatstreet” brought up “conspiracy theories,” let’s check out what Alex Jones and “Infowars” has to say about this.  ---  Well, not so fast; Infowars’ latest coverage of the Seth Rich murder case is a reprint of  portions of the Emily Zanotti-Heatstreet article cited above (See “Still No Clues in Murder of DNC’s Seth Rich, As Conspiracy Theories Thicken --  Until Seth Rich’s murder is solved, then, expect the Internet to keep digging” by-line Emily Zanotti/ Heatstreet, 7/31/16,  Infowars [http://www.infowars.com/still-no-clues-in-murder-of-dncs-seth-rich-as-conspiracy-theories-thicken/]. 


Okay, let’s try “Snopes”  for some conspiracy debunking  or “factchecking”---  Rather than take you through all the weeds of its article, here’s the Snopes’ conclusion, as of 7/14/16:   “….  While it's true police maintain an open investigation into Seth Rich's death, the claim connecting him to Hillary Clinton was the third of its sort to emerge from the same conspiracy-monger in mid-2016. All those rumors were variations on the long-circulating (and false) "body bags" claims that the Clintons habitually do away with once-loyal associates turned political liabilities. Prior to publishing the trio of Clinton-related fabrications, the same site and blogger held that President Obama had ordered the military to nuke the city of Charleston (which didn't happen), that Rear Admiral Rick Williams was fired because he revealed Obama's purchase of a mansion in Dubai (Williams was actually terminated for misconduct), and that Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama were enmeshed in a potentially conflict-starting dispute over the practices of the Monsanto agribusiness corporation.”  (See “Seth Conrad Rich Homicide Conspiracy --  A conspiracy site latched on to the tragic murder of young DNC staffer Seth Rich to spread false information about his killing”  by Kim LaCapria, 7/14/16, Snopes/ Fact Check, etc. [http://www.snopes.com/seth-conrad-rich#!]). 
If you want a pretty good “here’s what you need to know” kind of article to get into the “facts” of this case, you could try this one from “Heavy”:  (See “Seth Rich: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” by Jessica McBride, 7/31/16, Heavy/ News [http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/seth-rich-dnc-voter-election-fraud-democratic-national-committee-wikileaks-murdered-shot-conspiracy-washington-clinton-data-analyst-emails/]).
I wouldn’t be putting all this up on my “Fountainhead” blog, except that so much doesn’t seem to add up in this story; and nobody in the MSM seems very interested. To me, it’s another case of a dog not barking…..










3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Politics is a series of conspiracies, but I don't see one hear.
A young white guy gets killed in DC while walking through a changing area.
And . . ?

Anonymous said...

Word on the street is the same killer (Hillary) of Seth also did Vince Foster

Galewyn Massey said...

SIGNIFICANT UPDATE: THE "WOW! BREAKING... ACCORDING TO REPORTS, JULIAN ASSANGE SUGGESTS DNC WORKER SETH RICH - WHO WAS MURDERED IN WASHINGTON, DC - WAS A WIKILEAKS SOURCE !!!" EDITION

According to Jim Hoft’s report on his “Gateway Pundit” webpage --- “…. On Tuesday Wikileaks offered a $20,000 reward for information on the murder of DNC staffer Seth rich…. Now this… Julian Assange suggested on Tuesday that Seth Rich was a Wikileaks informant….” (See “WOW! BREAKING => Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich – Who Was MURDERED in DC – Was Wikileaks DNC Source!“ by Jim Hoft, 8/9/16, The Gateway Pundit [http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/wow-breaking-video-julian-assange-suggests-seth-rich-wikileaks-dnc-source-shot-dead-dc/]).

A more circumspect, and in depth report was given by Jessica McBride in her article for “Heavy”, as follows: “WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange gave an interview to Dutch television in which he discussed the Seth Rich murder case in Washington D.C. and would not confirm or deny whether Rich was a WikiLeaks’ source…. However, WikiLeaks, as a matter of practice, does not confirm or deny its sources. The comments made by Assange – coming shortly before WikiLeaks announced a $20,000 reward in the Rich case – are drawing new attention to the homicide of the young DNC analyst…. Rich, a data analyst with the Democratic National Committee, was gunned down in an unsolved murder case in early July. Conspiracy theorists have claimed – without any evidence to back it up – that Rich might have been the source of DNC emails published by WikiLeaks; U.S. officials and some data experts have said Russian intelligence might be behind the hack. A hacktivist named “Guccifer 2.0” has also claimed responsibility for the DNC hack…. Some are interpreting the interview Assange gave with NOS, a major public broadcast company in the Netherlands, as admitting that Rich was a WikiLeaks’ source. However, what Assange actually said is more nuanced and open to interpretation. Shortly after the interview, WikiLeaks announced that it was offering a $20,000 for information leading to a conviction in the Rich case….” (See “WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Discusses Seth Rich, Sources & The DNC” by Jessica McBride, 8/9/16, Heavy/ News [http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/seth-rich-julian-assange-source-wikileaks-wiki-dnc-emails-death-murder-reward-video-interview-hillary-clinton-shawn-lucas/]).

This is a full transcript of a portion of the Assange interview as provided by Heavy:
Assange: “Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material, often very significant risks. There’s a 27-year-old that works for the DNC who was shot in the back, murdered, just two weeks ago, for unknown reasons as he was walking down the street in Washington. So…”
Anchor: “That was just a robbery, I believe, wasn’t it?”
Assange: “No, there’s no finding. So, ah – “
Anchor: “What are you suggesting? What are you suggesting?”
Assange: “I am suggesting that our sources, ah, take risks and they, they become concerned to see things occurring like that.”
Anchor: “But was he one of your sources then, I mean?”
Assange: “We don’t comment on who our sources are.”
Anchor: “But why make the suggestion about a young guy being shot in the streets of Washington?”
Assange: “Because we have to understand how high the stakes are in the United States. Our sources, ah, our sources face serious risks, that’s why they come to us so we can protect, ah, their anonymity.”
Anchor: “But it’s quite something to suggest a murder. That’s basically what you are doing.”
Assange: “Well, others have suggested that. We investigated to understand what happened in that situation, with Seth Rich. I think it is a concerning situation. There is not a conclusion yet. We wouldn’t be willing to say a conclusion yet, but we are concerned about it. More importantly, a variety of WikiLeaks sources are concerned when that kind of thing happens.”

THAT’S ENOUGH FOR NOW – SO, DON’T GET ME STARTED ON ANOTHER DNC RELATED BODY – F/K/A SHAWN LUCAS