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http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/05/behind-the-scenes-with-an-unidentified-source.php

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE
This is a case study in the genesis and propagation of fake news. It supports the view that we should never believe anything that comes from the New York Times, if it is attributed to an unidentified source. Reporters cannot be trusted.

The subject is President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un. Mollie Hemingway–an increasingly important commentator–has the story at The Federalist. It starts with a media meme, the claim that Trump was so desperate to get a “win” that he likely would make a bad deal. (They misspelled “Obama.”)...


1,356 posted on 05/28/2018 6:40:33 PM PDT by bitt (t\\)
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In case you missed it, New Q Thread.
1,357 posted on 05/28/2018 6:58:49 PM PDT by AZLiberty ("If we believe in absurdities, we commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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