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New York Times Flunks Fact Checking 101: Their Star 'Trump Voter' Never Voted in 2016
Newsbusters ^ | December 8, 2019 | Tim Graham

Posted on 12/08/2019 8:49:02 AM PST by PJ-Comix

The nation's leading newspapers have asserted their role as the most important "independent fact-checkers" in politics. So why do they fail to fact-check their own interviewees? On Twitter, Jeryl Bier noted The New York Times had to add an embarrassing correction to a two-month old story on Friday. Reporter Trip Gabriel did an entire story on a Trump voter iin Erie, Pennsylvania changing his mind....except records showed the man never voted.

The original story on October 7 began: "Mark Graham, a real estate appraiser in this faded manufacturing hub, sat with friends at a gym named FitnessU on the morning after the Democratic debate in mid-September. He had voted for Barack Obama, but in 2016 he took a gamble on Donald Trump."

Now he was willing to vote for the Democrat in 2020, whoever it is. Then came the Editors' Note:

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bias; dnctalkingpoints; fakenews; mediabias; msm; obamavoter; yellowjournalism
Ooopsie! Another very convenient fact check FAIL by the NYT.
1 posted on 12/08/2019 8:49:02 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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Another truck another gas tank another IMplosion.


2 posted on 12/08/2019 8:52:11 AM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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The scumbag “voter” even went and did a commercial for some PAC. So, he doubled down on his lies.


3 posted on 12/08/2019 9:12:14 AM PST by glorgau
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It’s as if a bunch of Lunk-Heads took over a major news operation.

>snicker<


4 posted on 12/08/2019 9:14:53 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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While Mr. Graham acknowledged misspeaking about his voting record

Ahem....not misspeaking, but LYING.

5 posted on 12/08/2019 9:18:21 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: glorgau

The video is on YouTube. Of course, the cowardly liars turned off the comment section.


6 posted on 12/08/2019 9:19:19 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Bullish
nytimes
7 posted on 12/08/2019 9:22:25 AM PST by timestax
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8 posted on 12/08/2019 9:42:40 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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What a coincidence, I used to be a Life-Long Democrat Voter.

Cast my first ballot for Andrew Jackson. No malarkey man!


9 posted on 12/08/2019 9:44:12 AM PST by Dagnabitt
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George Soros and his backers (nations hostile to The United States) must be absolutely amazed at how cheap they can buy the whores at the New York Times.


10 posted on 12/08/2019 9:48:47 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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They search far and wide for the Trump Voter Who Changed His Mind. The same for the Pastor Who Supports Gay Marriage.


11 posted on 12/08/2019 10:00:50 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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I wonder how much bullsh*t I took in before I stopped even looking at an NY Times about ten years ago.

ML/NJ

12 posted on 12/08/2019 10:19:59 AM PST by ml/nj
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“Another truck another gas tank another IMplosion”

Heh, the 60 Minutes libtards faked that one too.

Gotta love it.

They really ARE that stupid.


13 posted on 12/08/2019 10:44:21 AM PST by Da Coyote (is)
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No wonder the news media laid off 7,700 people this year more to ensue.


14 posted on 12/08/2019 10:55:30 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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But somehow it is an impeachable threat to our "democracy" when President Trump questions the accuracy of the Fake Media.
15 posted on 12/08/2019 11:14:55 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Cutest internet video: Charlie bit my finger. Creepiest internet video: Joe Biden bit my finger.)
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That’s nothing. I was born and raised in Hudson County, New Jersey. I used to vote for Democrats all the time. In fact five times in every election.


16 posted on 12/08/2019 11:26:01 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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It’s easier to make up stuff than fact check.


17 posted on 12/08/2019 11:56:53 AM PST by bgill
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NYT. Again.

I wouldn’t even use it for birdcage liner.


18 posted on 12/08/2019 12:08:00 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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No wonder the news media laid off 7,700 people this year more to ensue.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

It’s a start.


19 posted on 12/08/2019 3:45:56 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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They interviewed the guy on the local news here. What a POS. When I first saw the add I told my wife he never voted for Trump.


20 posted on 12/08/2019 5:56:11 PM PST by dis.kevin (Dry white toast)
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