Posted on 03/15/2021 1:11:30 PM PDT by lowbridge
Early media accounts of a phone call between former President Donald Trump and a top Georgia investigator contained false quotes, prompting at least two major media outlets to issue a correction or update.
The Wall Street Journal first published audio last week of the roughly six-minute call on Dec. 23 between Trump and Frances Watson, the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, in which Trump urged her to look for fraud in mail-in ballots in Fulton County, where much of Atlanta is located.
Indeed, Trump can be heard telling Watson, who was in the middle of conducting an audit of voting results in Cobb County, that he won the 2020 election and that she would be "praised" when the "right answer comes out." He also insisted "something bad happened."
President Biden defeated Trump in Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes, becoming the first Democrat since President Bill Clinton in 1992 to win the state’s 16 Electoral College votes.
In response to Trump, the investigator said: "I can assure you that our team and the [Georgia Bureau of Investigation], that we are only interested in the truth and finding the information that is based on the facts."
However, the audio shows that early reports in January about that call, based on anonymous sourcing, misquoted Trump. In those reports, Trump was quoted as urging Watson to "find the fraud," and if she did so, the investigator would be a "national hero."
Outlets such as CNN published these quotes, corroborating what was first reported by the Washington Post. The Washington Examiner published an article at the time based on the Washington Post's article.
The Washington Post stuck a long correction note to the top of its report:
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Misquoted is another term for LIE..but the commies got what they wanted, and the idiot sheep baa baa baa’d as usual believing every word..now they can admit it was total BS
I refer to the current media as Pravda..
They admit it now because the coup is fully bipartisan. The GOP knew they were lying just as they knew the FIB were lying to Congressin 2017 about Spygate and did nothing.
“Yeah, but Trump didn’t win, did he?”
And so...what? A terrible injustice has been done, which won’t be corrected. I am hopeful Trump wins big next time. Bay back.
In other words:
They Perjured themselves and Defrauded the Senate and the American People in Trumps second Inquisition
They LIE and LIE and LIE
and their walking army of mind-numbed robots believe every word.
I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you! Nah, not really shocked one darned bit.
that and $65 will get you a small coffee at Starbucks.
The lie worked like a charm.
They demonstrate the banality of evil.
The correct wording will be quickly forgotten, if even noticed, while the big lie continues.
“....the Secretary of State’s office secretly recorded the conversation, mischaracterized its contents to The Washington Post and then attempted to delete the recording. It was recently discovered in a laptop “trash” folder as part of an open records search....”
At least there was a recording and it was found. These recordings have saved Trump over the course of his presidency.
I wish all sides would let this past election go and solely focus on the next elections. For example, how the GOP is handling voting in Georgia for the next election. That is where the effort should be.
don’t worry, it’s ok
the media did it on purpose, and it served their agenda
now way after the fact they can report it was wrong
Occupy the Media movement?
Channeling Dingy Harry?
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