The mainstream media and leftists around the nation have latched on to the Washington Post's unconfirmed report citing an anonymous source who claimed President Trump leaked classified information during a recent meeting with Russian officials. The fact that National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster categorically denied the veracity of The Post’s report did not deter members of the Left, however, and ABC's George Stephanopoulos ran wild with the unsubstantiated allegations on Monday night. Newsbusters provides a summary and the segment clip featured here: 

Monday night, ABC was eager to tout the story as “the most significant and dangerous mistake of the Trump presidency” on Tuesday morning’s Good Morning America.

Anchor George Stephanopoulos began by gushing, “Let’s explain what’s at stake right now,” before leading into what The Post report alleged. Noting that what Trump might’ve revealed could “jeopardize” a crucial source on the fight against ISIS, Stephanopoulos stated ominously, “If true, it could be the most significant and dangerous mistake of the Trump presidency.”

“If true” became the qualifying phrase, peppered throughout GMA’s report. Unfortunately, that uncertainty didn’t stop the ABC anchors and reporters from hyping the report with as much emotion and loaded words as if it was already proven to be true.

ABC’s Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega first reported on the “fallout” from The Post’s report. Vega noted that while President Trump was “legally allowed” to reveal classified information, that still could “risk critical intelligence sharing agreements” and “jeopardize the source of that information.”

“This morning, the White House in damage control mode,” Vega touted, before ABC played a clip of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster denouncing The Post’s report.

Even though McMaster said that Trump didn’t disclose anything that wasn’t “already publicly known,” Vega continued hyping the absolute worst case scenario, only adding credulity into her report when it was used to discount the Trump Administration’s denials. "But McMaster did not directly address the key finding of that report, that the president shared highly classified information that could compromise a key source of intelligence on ISIS," Vega noted. 

Welcome to the mainstream media spin-zone folks. Step right up and get yourselves a nice fat helping of Fake News.