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Trump vindicated? WaPo factchecker outed for spin
WND ^ | 11/26/2015 | CHERYL CHUMLEY

Posted on 11/26/2015 10:54:57 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

In a rather bizarre twist on the latest controversy surrounding Donald Trump - the one about his claims of seeing New Jersey Muslims cheer the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on America's soil - the Washington Post's own factchecker on the story was forced to explain his Pinocchio characterization of the presidential candidate and clarify why he left out a crucial fact: that his very own newspaper actually reported on the alleged cheers.

First, a run-down: Trump raised eyebrows this past week by claiming on several occasions to have seen thousands of Muslims on television cheering the 2001 terror attacks. He first said in Alabama over the weekend that he "watched the World Trade Center go down" on television, and also watched in New Jersey "as thousands of people were cheering as the building was coming down," CNN reported. The next day, he then said on "This Week" on ABC "there were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey where you have large Arab populations ... as the World Trade Center came down."

Trump called the reports "well covered at the time," CNN said. But various media outlets came out swinging, saying Trump's assertions weren't true. The Washington Post's factchecker, Glenn Kessler, gave the statement "four Pinocchios," its highest rating for "whoppers," and slammed Trump with a mock: "This is a bit like writing about the hole in the doughnut - how can you write about nothing?"

But not so fast.

As Mediaite's Joe Concha found: The media actually did report on Muslim cheers. And not just any media - the Washington Post itself. On September 18, 2001, the Washington Post reported: "In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners' plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and quesitoned a number of people...

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New Jersey; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chrischristie; districtofcolumbia; election2016; maxehrenfreund; newjersey; newyork; sergekovaleski; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Next year’s 18 year old voter was 3-4 years old when it happened. They may be low information voters but they are informed by liberal and don’t question it.


21 posted on 11/26/2015 12:04:00 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I was one of the perhaps hundreds who posted, calling WP dishonest for not even checking their own articles from the time which verified Trump’s statement.


22 posted on 11/26/2015 12:08:09 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I actually remember reading the articles when this happened.


23 posted on 11/26/2015 12:10:42 PM PST by RC one (....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
I happened upon an MSNBC program one evening surfing the channels on my TV right after Trump made the comment about the NJ muslims cheering. There were three talking heads on and the host. All of them said that what Trump was claiming was a lie, that it never happened, and that he should be excoriated in the media for saying such a thing. At the time, I didn't know whether it was true or not, but I'm positive that none of those four Lefties ever came back on that program and apologized for calling Trump a liar and rescinding their hateful rhetoric.

Just another day in the life of Liberal Liars.

24 posted on 11/26/2015 12:17:05 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: RC one

I saw it on TV. I will never forget it. Trump is correct.


25 posted on 11/26/2015 12:23:26 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Dishonest MSM at it again.

I think this was a Trump trap, and they took the bait. Twice! He probably had a printout of the compost article in his hand as he composed his bait.

Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks for keeping us up to date with the Trump articles.


26 posted on 11/26/2015 12:38:08 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The working narrative from the extreme left is that since the story was later discredited in some podunk New Jersey newspaper, it NEVER EXISTED.

Orwellian.


27 posted on 11/26/2015 12:51:25 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: 867V309
I think this was a Trump trap, and they took the bait. Twice! He probably had a printout of the compost article in his hand as he composed his bait.

It's a wonderful thing.

28 posted on 11/26/2015 1:25:40 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I remember that there were dozens of contemporaneous posts on this topic on FR.


29 posted on 11/26/2015 3:32:02 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

What is this? Liars at the Washington Pustule? Shocking just shocking!


30 posted on 11/26/2015 5:10:18 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The media will go all in for the witch Hillary Clinton. It is sickening!


31 posted on 11/26/2015 5:21:28 PM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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To: 867V309

Happy Thanksgiving!


32 posted on 11/26/2015 7:58:35 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: RC one

Me too.


33 posted on 11/26/2015 7:59:15 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: Hostage

Thanks!


34 posted on 11/26/2015 8:01:03 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: dragnet2

Wow. Go Trump!


35 posted on 11/26/2015 8:01:33 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Wow.


36 posted on 11/26/2015 8:03:17 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: true believer forever

Yeah, I heard about this FBI agent too.


37 posted on 11/26/2015 8:04:31 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: Darksheare

Thank you!


38 posted on 11/26/2015 8:05:39 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: Dick Bachert
A statesman is an easy man,
he tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
and takes you by the throat;
.....
Yeats - The Old Stone Cross
39 posted on 11/26/2015 9:06:54 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I’m hoping he’s really setting the trap here. Let them deny and call him a liar and then BOOM! Here comes an ad with footage. A candidate running that kind of footage would usually be attacked as a hatemonger, but he can point at it and say, “Just answering your criticism.” Would be brilliant. Destroys them and shows the Muslims for what they really are.


40 posted on 11/26/2015 9:09:53 PM PST by Rastus
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