Bill Maher is not news. If you treat him as such and lump him in with the WaPo or The Economist, I don't think we can have a constructive discussion.
The articles about the Trump dossier in the WaPo, NYT, The Economist, CNN all came with explicit disclaimers that the contents from the Trump dossier came from unverified sources, and should be treated as such. I don't know how else they could have presented it. If that falls in the same category for you as an article stating unequivocally that the pope has endorsed Trump, again, I don't think we can have a constructive discussion.
I agree that some of the Democrats treating the dossier as proven facts is dumb and will probably backfire.
The articles about the Trump dossier in the WaPo, NYT, The Economist, CNN all came with explicit disclaimers that the contents from the Trump dossier came from unverified sources, and should be treated as such. I don't know how else they could have presented it. If that falls in the same category for you as an article stating unequivocally that the pope has endorsed Trump, again, I don't think we can have a constructive discussion.
I agree that some of the Democrats treating the dossier as proven facts is dumb and will probably backfire.