Posted on 03/16/2020 5:59:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
At least eight New York Times authors shared a deceptively edited quote Monday from President Donald Trump’s recent call with state governors, creating the false impression that the president is denying federal support for ventilators that are needed in hospitals treating coronavirus patients.
In his message, the president recommended that states procure respirators and ventilators because it would be faster — but added that the federal government “will be backing you.”
The Times journalists omitted the bulk of the president’s statement as they shared the story on social media. The misleading, partial quote was also boosted by a CNN correspondent and became the lead headline at the left-wing Huffington Post.
Despite growing online backlash to this misinformation, the journalists have yet to delete or retract their comments.
The eight journalists tweeted a link to a Times article published Monday that contains President Trump’s full statement to state governors in which the president recommended that they shouldn’t wait for the federal government to fill the growing demand for respirators needed to treat people with coronavirus.
“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” President Trump told the governors during the Monday conference call. “We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”
But in the body of their posts, the Times journalists left out most of what the president said.
Times national correspondent Julie Bosman tweeted only the first third of the president’s statement, leaving out the part where he said the federal government will back the states.
Wow.
“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call. via @jmartNYT https://t.co/RKZusLK5oY
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) March 16, 2020
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That is OK. I hate them back.
Now the NYTimes is called “The Old Red Lady”.
Their slogan should be. “Why tell the truth when we can lie with impunity”?
Yep they are making some handy talking points.
The rest of the media is falling into line.
One of the Top most iconic bands out there.
Their videos are classic.
Ha!
Do you know how hackers can shut down operations at some companies?
Wouldn’t it be a crying shame if someone “shut down” the NY Times? Or the Washington Post?
A crying shame I tell ya.
Did they re-hire Jayson Blair?
Indeed, making Uncle Walter proud.
Idiots. Don’t realize they are pi**ing away any ounce of integrity they might still have left.
Lie to people enough times, and how do you ever get them to trust you again? After awhile people will simply be incapable of believing anything they write, no matter how true and how badly they want people to believe them.
Conservatives no longer have belief in what the fake news writes. Eventually, keep this up and even libs will figure it out.
PREDICTION: Biden will be asked NOT to run in Nov. and ANDREW CUOMO will step in. He’ll step in because he’s been doing a relatively good job in NY with this virus (in the eyes of many), and the Dems will be desperate to beat Trump - and who better to put against Trump than another “Loud-Mouth New Yorker”? Even Fox News is giving Cuomo a lot of airtime. Let’s see if my prediction comes to fruition.
And then they did the spin in Back to the Future III! That’s a sign they owned the ‘80s.
They don’t call them the New York Slimes for nothing.
Deep State collusion.
Ministry of Truth.
Should be prosecuted for malice.
But hey, the Fake News can be totally trusted to report the actual facts of Coronavirus, with no conjecture and fear mongering! /sarc
Amazing how that is working on Free Republic.
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