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...
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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.
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.
I actually remember reading the articles when this happened.
Just another day in the life of Liberal Liars.
I saw it on TV. I will never forget it. Trump is correct.
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.
It's a wonderful thing.
I remember that there were dozens of contemporaneous posts on this topic on FR.
What is this? Liars at the Washington Pustule? Shocking just shocking!
The media will go all in for the witch Hillary Clinton. It is sickening!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Me too.
Thanks!
Wow. Go Trump!
Wow.
Yeah, I heard about this FBI agent too.
Thank you!
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.
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