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Melania Trump – An Apology
UK Telegraph ^

Posted on 01/25/2019 8:23:38 PM PST by ameribbean expat

Following last Saturday’s (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should not have been published. Mrs Trump’s father was not a fearsome presence and did not control the family. Mrs Trump did not leave her Design and Architecture course at University relating to the completion of an exam, as alleged in the article, but rather because she wanted to pursue a successful career as a professional model. Mrs Trump was not struggling in her modelling career before she met Mr Trump, and she did not advance in her career due to the assistance of Mr Trump.

We accept that Mrs Trump was a successful professional model in her own right before she met her husband and obtained her own modelling work without his assistance. Mrs Trump met Mr Trump in 1998, not in 1996 as stated in the article. The article also wrongly claimed that Mrs Trump’s mother, father and sister relocated to New York in 2005 to live in buildings owned by Mr Trump. They did not. The claim that Mrs Trump cried on election night is also false.

We apologise unreservedly to The First Lady and her family for any embarrassment caused by our publication of these allegations. As a mark of our regret we have agreed to pay Mrs Trump substantial damages as well as her legal costs.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dailytelegraph; fakenews; lawsuit; libel; melaniaarticle; melaniatrump; trump; uktelegraph; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 01/25/2019 8:23:38 PM PST by ameribbean expat
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Ka-Boom, Ka-Ching!


2 posted on 01/25/2019 8:26:09 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Wow, that’s a whole lot of Fake News they had to walk back.


3 posted on 01/25/2019 8:26:32 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Other than spelling her name correctly did they get anything right?
Anything at all? lol


4 posted on 01/25/2019 8:26:34 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Wow, look at that list of errors. Is the writer still employed?


5 posted on 01/25/2019 8:26:55 PM PST by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a door)
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To: ameribbean expat

If there is any group similar to Media Research Center in England that would be a great place to donate the settlement.


6 posted on 01/25/2019 8:27:13 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Other than that (the words), the article was a roaring success.

7 posted on 01/25/2019 8:27:28 PM PST by Songcraft
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Beautiful, strong and conservative!

I wish they’d apologize to her husband for all the lies.


8 posted on 01/25/2019 8:27:39 PM PST by Aria
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In summary, the only thing that was accurate was the spelling of her name.


9 posted on 01/25/2019 8:27:50 PM PST by BeauBo
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Sounds like somebody had a very uncomfortable chat with a Trump lawyer...


10 posted on 01/25/2019 8:28:13 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: McGavin999

They put him on the GlobalClimateWarmingChange beat. No one will question his work there. Highly qualified.


11 posted on 01/25/2019 8:28:27 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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British laws make it far easier to sue for defamation than laws in the USA.


12 posted on 01/25/2019 8:30:43 PM PST by CondorFlight
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IOW, if not for the beginning, the middle, and the end, the article would have been fine!

13 posted on 01/25/2019 8:31:29 PM PST by Songcraft
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"we have agreed to pay Mrs Trump substantial damages"

Including this insincere apology. You don't make that many "mistakes" in one article without doing it intentionally.
14 posted on 01/25/2019 8:31:30 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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It prolly wasn’t all that expensive pro rata.


15 posted on 01/25/2019 8:34:02 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: ameribbean expat

The Telegraph used to be one of the only conservative papers in the UK. Looks like they have jumped the fence.


16 posted on 01/25/2019 8:34:12 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.Huff)
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Was there anything in the original article that was actually true?


17 posted on 01/25/2019 8:34:33 PM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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Wow, do not attract the attention of Melania’s lawyers!
Pretty foolish of them.


18 posted on 01/25/2019 8:36:49 PM PST by GnuThere
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In other words, most of the article was lies.


19 posted on 01/25/2019 8:37:20 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty and hateful and use and racist slurs but feel morally superior.)
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Somebody got spanked by a lawyer!


20 posted on 01/25/2019 8:44:54 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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