Posted on 03/01/2017 3:09:05 PM PST by mandaladon
CNN reported Wednesday on a senior administration official admitting that the White House intentionally misled reporters ahead of President Donald Trump‘s congressional address in order to get generate positive press coverage as part of a “misdirection play.”
Multiple reports Tuesday indicated that Trump would embrace a more moderate tone on immigration and would announce that he was willing to negotiate granting millions of illegal immigrants legal status. Most of those reports, cited to a “senior administration official,” came immediately after anchors lunched with Trump. Some of those outlets then just attributed the claim to the president himself.
But when it was time for Trump to actually give the speech, he said nothing of the sort. CNN’s Sara Murray complained the next day about “the bait and switch that the president pulled when it came to immigration yesterday. He had this meeting with the anchors, he talked about a path to legal status.”
“Basically they fed [them] things that they thought these anchors would like, that they thought would give them positive press coverage for the next few hours. A senior administration official admitted that it was a misdirection play,” she reported.
Host John King wondered why reporters should even trust the White House going forward. “It does make you wonder; so we’re not supposed to believe what the senior-most official at the lunch says — who then they allowed it to be the president’s name says — we’re not supposed to believe what they say?” he asked. “Maybe we shouldn’t believe what they say.”
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Outstanding. Just outstanding.
I love this man more each passing day.
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I love it! Trump Rope-A-Dopes the Lame Stream Media once again! They are helpless before him!
Hah hah, I thought they loved fake news. All is fair in real or fake.
I doubt there’s a senior official willing to tell CNN that there was misdirection. I bet it is fake news about yesterday’s fake news.
Excellent!
Sounds like.. "Die Hard" with a LOSERS attitude.
Host John King wondered why reporters should even trust the White House going forward. “It does make you wonder; so we’re not supposed to believe what the senior-most official at the lunch says — who then they allowed it to be the president’s name says — we’re not supposed to believe what they say?” he asked. “Maybe we shouldn’t believe what they say.”
How does it feel asshole?
Just give the speech. Don't tell the presstitutes what's "likely to be in it". Announce the topic(s), then give the speech. Let them blather afterwards.
Bigly.
So?
Don’t hate the playuh. Hate the game...
You got played, have been getting played and will continue to get played...
Yer gonna get trained like a seal to source your material from now on...
Tough shite, MSM!
Thank goodness..many here were not happy...including me
No, I think the press lied, and now they’re lying again.
What is funny as hell is that Info Wars was given a basic outline of Trump’s speech according to alex a day or two before the speech.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Os4qYLNJDk
Notice around 1:35:00 Alex has a sheet of paper in front of him with the outline of the speech.
Trump trusts the alternative media FAR more than the VERY FAKE MSM!!!
Heh heh
Look what the pot is calling the kettle. But “willing to negotiate” is not the same as “granting”. So there was no lie.
I LOVE IT..!
The media thinks only IT should lie:
They’re not against LYING.
Well played, Trump..!
^_^
Of course these idiots would mistake Trump saying we need to look at those things with what they want it to mean
Winning!
I like this, but CNN doesn’t need much help looking stupid.
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