Posted on 06/04/2019 10:10:25 AM PDT by detective
President Trump stopped by McLean Bible Church, a megachurch near D.C., on Sunday on his way home from playing golf, where Pastor David Platt prayed for the president–a common Christian practice. Perhaps if Politico reporters and editors understood the biblical command of praying for all those in positions of authority, they might not have botched their coverage of the president’s pit stop so poorly.
On Monday, Platt wrote to his church members with an explanation of Sunday’s prayer, but Politico reported that Platt “has apologized to his congregation after praying for the president during the unscheduled visit.”
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“Plenty seemed to buy it lock stock and barrel.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3754289/posts
Indeed they did...a lot of people around here just read the headline and believe it without any skepticism - though you could find no apology in the quotes. Even after all of these years of bogus media reporting (both intentional and just glaring errors), a significant number still believe the first thing they see at the drop of a hat.
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