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132 (And Counting) Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List
SharylAttkisson.com ^ | 5/11/2020 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 05/12/2020 9:04:05 AM PDT by PhxRising

We the media have "fact-checked" President Trump like we have fact-checked no other human being on the planet, and he's certainly given us plenty to write about. That's probably why it's so easy to find lists enumerating and examining his mistakes, missteps and "lies."

But as self-appointed arbiters of truth, we've largely excused our own unprecedented string of fact-challenged reporting. The truth is, formerly well-respected, top news organizations are making repeat, unforced errors in numbers that were unheard of just a couple of years ago.

Our repeat mistakes involve declaring that Trump's claims are "lies" when they are matters of opinion, or when the truth between conflicting sources is unknowable; taking Trump's statements and events out of context; reporting secondhand accounts against Trump without attribution as if they're established fact; relying on untruthful, conflicted sources; and presenting reporter opinions in news stories,without labeling them as opinions.

What's worse, we defend ourselves by trying to convince the public that our mistakes are actually a virtue because we (sometimes) correct them. Or we blame Trump for why we're getting so much wrong. Is a little bit like a police officer taking someone to jail for DUI, then driving home drunk himself: he may be correct to arrest the suspect, but he should certainly know better than to commit the same violation.

So since nobody else has compiled an updated, extensive list of this kind, here are:

Notable Mistakes and Missteps in Major Media Reporting on Donald Trump:

(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 132; fake; fakenews; lies; mistakes; stalinisttactics; waronerror; yellowjournalism
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One or two media mistakes could be dismissed, but 132 shows a pattern of intentional bias.
1 posted on 05/12/2020 9:04:05 AM PDT by PhxRising
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Just calling them “mistakes” is being overly kind IMO.


2 posted on 05/12/2020 9:06:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: PhxRising

Mistakes are ok occasionally and accidental.

That definition does fit our scum sucking, shit head lead, lie oriented, propagandist, agenda pushing “media”


3 posted on 05/12/2020 9:10:01 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: PhxRising

Market Garden and Desert I were “mistakes”, but still military operations.


4 posted on 05/12/2020 9:11:43 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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"Just calling them mistakes is being overly kind . . . "

That was my initial reaction, but she begins the article by pointing out how the media accuses Trump of "lies" when they are merely opinions, failed aspirations, exaggerations, honest mistakes, or even the opinions of reporters. So she doesn't want to fall into the same trap, and is not making the value judgment that these were "lies," but simply that they were wrong.
5 posted on 05/12/2020 9:12:12 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: PhxRising

Impressive list bookmark


6 posted on 05/12/2020 9:14:15 AM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: PhxRising

It’s not called “fake news” for nothing.


7 posted on 05/12/2020 9:15:04 AM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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Obama was in office for 8 years.

How many “mistakes” did the media make that made him look bad?


8 posted on 05/12/2020 9:16:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Only 132 in 3 1/2 years? I’d believe 132 in 3 1/2 weeks!


9 posted on 05/12/2020 9:17:16 AM PDT by Ratman0823 (2020 Logic: We all stand together when we all stand apart!)
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132 is a tad over 1 “mistake” every 10 days.

3.5 years = 1,277.75 days


10 posted on 05/12/2020 9:31:20 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: PhxRising

Many of these are straight up lies. I will concede that a few are sloppy reporting or relying on a wrong source without skepticism, but the majority of them are deliberate.


11 posted on 05/12/2020 9:35:07 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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Sharyl is awesome! She should get a Medal of Freedom for all the crap she’s been through.


12 posted on 05/12/2020 9:39:21 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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132 is a tad over 1 “mistake” every 10 days.

It's also a little more than 13 mistakes every day, which seems more likely.

13 posted on 05/12/2020 9:45:51 AM PDT by Ratman0823 (2020 Logic: We all stand together when we all stand apart!)
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Wow! SAVE!!!! And SHARE!!!


14 posted on 05/12/2020 10:08:25 AM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine Do you think we have a chan)
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To: PhxRising

For later.


15 posted on 05/12/2020 10:14:04 AM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: JerseyDvl

I agree and can’t wait to use this when my liberal friends start their smear tactics up again.


16 posted on 05/12/2020 10:28:53 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: PhxRising

“Deliberate Distortions” would be a better description. And, of course, none dare call it “Sedition.”


17 posted on 05/12/2020 10:38:51 AM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine Do you think we have a chan)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Absolutely Correct!


18 posted on 05/12/2020 11:16:25 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: PhxRising

I like how she marks any item that is subject to further discovery of fact with “this item will be corrected/removed, if...”.

Sharyl Atkisson is a national treasure.

(I broke the rules - I read the article before commenting!) ;-P


19 posted on 05/12/2020 11:57:25 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: PhxRising

Bookmark.


20 posted on 05/12/2020 5:32:55 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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