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I just came across this video which exemplifies another example of my own experiences with many claims made by both the MSM, and certain Fact-Checking organizations that leads me to doubt them when it comes to Mr. Trump:
In this video, the presenter has taken a recent New York Times "fact check" article published on 08/02/18 and examined an issue raised in the title, a claim that his rallies drew greater crowds than Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Bruce Springsteen concerts.
In the video we see him show what the alleged claim being fact-checked was, and a prior "source" from Politifact dated 11/07/16 cited by the writer to show this was not the first time Trump "lied" about rally crowd size comparisons with Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
Please note for the record that the writer of the New York Times piece also wrote the Politifact piece.
This video clearly shows that in BOTH situations the writer misrepresented the facts in order to "fact-check" as false/misleading something Mr. Trump did not actually say when each speech is shown completely.
This is the sort of thing several members of this Forum have pointed out over the last 2 years (remember for example the "insulting" dumping of food in the Japanese Koi pond report?), and the very kind of thing I have stated earned Mr. Trump my support back during the 2016 campaign. I checked those sources, and found that with one or two exceptions, they were either misleading or outright falsehoods.
The video is correct in stating if Trump is really so bad, there is no reason to "create" false or misleading stories unless there is an ulterior motive beyond just reporting the news.
IMO this is one of several reasons why so many people are openly declaring they are walking away from the Democratic party, and may undermine the alleged Blue Wave some are expecting this Fall.
Time will tell. :coffeepap:
In this video, the presenter has taken a recent New York Times "fact check" article published on 08/02/18 and examined an issue raised in the title, a claim that his rallies drew greater crowds than Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Bruce Springsteen concerts.
In the video we see him show what the alleged claim being fact-checked was, and a prior "source" from Politifact dated 11/07/16 cited by the writer to show this was not the first time Trump "lied" about rally crowd size comparisons with Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
Please note for the record that the writer of the New York Times piece also wrote the Politifact piece.
This video clearly shows that in BOTH situations the writer misrepresented the facts in order to "fact-check" as false/misleading something Mr. Trump did not actually say when each speech is shown completely.
This is the sort of thing several members of this Forum have pointed out over the last 2 years (remember for example the "insulting" dumping of food in the Japanese Koi pond report?), and the very kind of thing I have stated earned Mr. Trump my support back during the 2016 campaign. I checked those sources, and found that with one or two exceptions, they were either misleading or outright falsehoods.
The video is correct in stating if Trump is really so bad, there is no reason to "create" false or misleading stories unless there is an ulterior motive beyond just reporting the news.
IMO this is one of several reasons why so many people are openly declaring they are walking away from the Democratic party, and may undermine the alleged Blue Wave some are expecting this Fall.
Time will tell. :coffeepap:
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