Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump (Credit: Reuters/Maxim Shipenkov/Christopher Aluka Berry/Photo montage by Salon)
Ten days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, BuzzFeed published the unconfirmed “Trump dossier” reportedly compiled by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, igniting a storm of controversy on many fronts. The media battled among themselves over BuzzFeed’s decision to publish; Trump attacked Rep. John Lewis, fueling a mass congressional boycott of his inauguration. As usual, the wider the controversies spread, the less likely it seemed that any of them would be resolved — which suited Trump just fine.
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Source: Salon
