A journalist for BBC News asked about the allegations in an uncorroborated, leaked report on Mr. Trump published by BuzzFeed News the night before. Mr. Trump’s war with the news media is fundamentally different from the tension between most other American politicians and journalists. Mr. Trump (much like Mr. Putin) thrives on cacophony, in an environment of ever-shifting realities that makes other people feel disoriented and helpless. In publishing the dossier on Mr. Trump, however, BuzzFeed stated only that it had been unable to verify the allegations. As Mr. Putin consolidated power in Russia, it became more and more difficult for journalists to report facts.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2017 17:45 UTC