Posted on 04/09/2016 9:10:10 AM PDT by Solson
Wednesday evening, Twitter was filled with angry tweets claiming that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump "blew off" a group of pro-lifers just days after he had issues with his stance on abortion. Inciting the angry tweets were articles in Politico and the Daily Beast announcing the supposed slight. There was only one problem with the stories - they were false and neither news source bothered to correct their error.
The falsehood seems to have begun with Politico on Wednesday, as their article was originally posted at 11:49 a.m. and tweeted by Politico, with declaration, "Trump Expected to Address Anti-Abortion Leaders." It was then "updated" at 5:10 p.m.
The Daily Beast post was published at 4:15 p.m. that same day.
Each story claimed that Trump was supposed to call in to speak to the 115 Forum, a pro-life conference led by "Priests for Life."
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driftbeat ALWAYS has to have the last word... :)
Yes we will all face judgment in the end. I'm sure your lie will be forgiven since you owned up to it. I honestly do not understand why you are mad at me though, it was you that lied. I merely called you out on your lie. Emotions often times make us do, or say, things we wouldn't normally. I certainly do not have an issue with you defending your candidate of choice, but do not resort to lies in that endeavor.
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