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 ...
Just calling them “mistakes” is being overly kind IMO.
Mistakes are ok occasionally and accidental.
That definition does fit our scum sucking, shit head lead, lie oriented, propagandist, agenda pushing “media”
Market Garden and Desert I were “mistakes”, but still military operations.
Impressive list bookmark
It’s not called “fake news” for nothing.
Obama was in office for 8 years.
How many “mistakes” did the media make that made him look bad?
Only 132 in 3 1/2 years? I’d believe 132 in 3 1/2 weeks!
132 is a tad over 1 “mistake” every 10 days.
3.5 years = 1,277.75 days
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.
Sharyl is awesome! She should get a Medal of Freedom for all the crap she’s been through.
It's also a little more than 13 mistakes every day, which seems more likely.
Wow! SAVE!!!! And SHARE!!!
For later.
I agree and can’t wait to use this when my liberal friends start their smear tactics up again.
“Deliberate Distortions” would be a better description. And, of course, none dare call it “Sedition.”
Absolutely Correct!
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
Bookmark.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.