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Donald Trump, the Media, and the Principle of ‘Don’t Trust, Verify’
Townhall ^ | Apr 24, 2022 12:01 AM | Michael Brown

Posted on 04/24/2022 3:01:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

As headlined in the UK’s The Sun, “GRUMPY TRUMPY. Dramatic moment Donald Trump storms off explosive Piers Morgan interview raging ‘you’re a DISLOYAL FOOL’.”

Yes, “DONALD Trump stormed out of a world exclusive interview with Piers Morgan in a blazing row over the ‘stolen’ US presidential election.

“The ex-President reached boiling point after Piers blamed Trump’s refusal to admit defeat in the 2020 vote for last year’s deadly riots at the Capitol.”

If you didn’t believe the article, you could simply watch the video highlights. Trump was guilty as charged.

Only it appears that he wasn’t – at least, when it comes to him storming out of the interview in a rage.

As other news outlets have reported, “Audio provided by former President Donald Trump’s team to Breitbart News of the end of Trump’s interview with Piers Morgan proves that Morgan and his team deceptively edited the interview to make it appear as though it was a contentious ending when it was not.<

“A 30-second promotional clip that Morgan released on Wednesday afternoon seemed to show Trump flying off the handle and walking out mid-interview as a righteous Morgan asked him tough questions about his views on the 2020 election. But the full story seems to indicate that Morgan’s team deceptively edited the clips together to make it as nasty as possible for Trump—and to drive up the ratings for Morgan’s new show.”

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A few years ago, I was asked to film an interview for a major cable TV channel about a controversial cultural issue. I agreed to come on if the interview was aired live, but they told me it would be prerecorded.

I then requested that my ministry would be allowed to video tape the entire interview for our own archives, not to air publicly (we would put this in writing) unless they deceptively edited the interview.

Not surprisingly, they declined, because of which I declined the invitation.

1 posted on 04/24/2022 3:01:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t Trust, verify McCarthy, yeah?
Don’t trust, verify McConnell, yeah?

Nuff said.


2 posted on 04/24/2022 3:05:24 PM PDT by cranked
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m sure everyone else here is as shocked by this media manipulation as I am!


3 posted on 04/24/2022 3:42:24 PM PDT by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
But the full story seems to indicate that Morgan’s team deceptively edited the clips together to make it as nasty as possible for Trump

No surprise here. That's SOP. See Tagline.

4 posted on 04/24/2022 4:43:48 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Reagan’s original statement was: “Trust, but verify.”


5 posted on 04/24/2022 5:02:11 PM PDT by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: Maceman

That was then, this is now.


6 posted on 04/24/2022 5:10:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Humans live on 1/4th of what they eat; on the last 3/4ths lives their doctor. --Egyptian Inscription)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why are we still talking about Trump? He’s a loser.


7 posted on 04/24/2022 9:44:44 PM PDT by TheEditor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Rd later.


8 posted on 04/25/2022 6:11:46 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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