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"Fake News", to Trumpsters, is just defined as anything they don't like.
But pull something, anything, out of your behind that they want to hear, and it's gotta be real: Obama has a Kenyan birth certificate, Muslims were celebrating on rooftops on 9/11, etc...
"A senator, who asked not to be named, told The Times"
And people wonder where the term "fake news" comes from.
Fake news is something made up and unverifiable as in "someone said", it has absolutely nothing to do with not being what you want to hear. The highlighted text is for your benefit because it totally fits with anything you hear if it's about Trump.
What messenger? The "un-named" one, hard to shoot if you don't know the target. But obliviously you are willing to believe any charge by anyone if it fits your preconceived ideas - thanks for your opinion too.
"A senator, who asked not to be named, told The Times"
And people wonder where the term "fake news" comes from.
Trump still privately questions Obama's birth certificate: report | TheHill
I see a lot of Trump supporters claiming people on the left can't get past HRC losing. Look who's having trouble getting past the humiliation of having to follow a successful president. Trump just won't let it go.
#Sick #Sad #GravyCrockett
Trump still privately questions Obama's birth certificate: report | TheHill
I see a lot of Trump supporters claiming people on the left can't get past HRC losing. Look who's having trouble getting past the humiliation of having to follow a successful president. Trump just won't let it go.
#Sick #Sad #GravyCrockett
Oh my ****ing god.
Trump: Just. Let. It. GO.
"3 million people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton". "I saw thousands of Muslims cheering the fall of the twin towers on 9-11". "I have investigators in Hawaii digging up dirt on Obama and you won't believe what their finding". "Barack Obama tapped my phones at Trump Tower".
Get a grip on reality? That's excellent advice, albeit misdirected. Tell it to our president!
Re: Probably since some turn out to be false. The media did it to themselves.
I have never trusted unnamed sources. Anything said by such should not be taken too seriously, unless it's confirmed. On anything or anybody. Period.
in some cases, yes
in this specific case....
You have an unnamed senator who claims that Trump cant get over the birth certificate. So when was this conversation had? Last week? Last month? 3 years ago? What was said? Who else was in the room? Is it a D or an R senator? Is it someone who is already an acclaimed enemy of Trump?
Do i know if it is a true story? no
Do i want more information? absolutely
Inquiring minds would....instead of just eating up what was given to them like a cat lapping up milk
I don't bother reading news outlets who are not credible. I do not read "If You Only News" or "Liberal Society" or "The Palmer Report." Unless I recognize the outlet as a credible outlet, I don't bother. How I consider them credible is the fact that they have been around for years, they are by and large very accurate in their reporting (by their own investigations as well as unnamed sources) and when they are wrong, they retract or correct.
When The Washington Post, or the New York Times or any other reputable outlet, provides a source that chooses to remain unnamed, I trust them, because they are giants in the industry because of their honesty and integrity, AND their willingness to admit when they are wrong. They will not report on stories using unnamed sources unless the story can be verified six ways to Sunday. Their credibility relies on it, and news outlets live and die by their credibility.
Now, all of a sudden, certain factions wants to wage war against unnamed sources. I have to question whether it's the unnamed sources that these people have a problem with, or that what the sources are saying does not fit the narrative that they choose to believe.
When you don't like the message, attack the messenger. It's exactly what Trump and his rabid supporters do.
If you choose not to believe it, that's your business. Knowing what I know about Trump, I do. Thanks for your opinion.
One of my favorite Trump lies was the one about the 3000 Massachusetts residents that Hillary Clinton's people bussed here into New Hampshire on Election Day to throw the state for her. Trump said it, his loyal believers repeated it as Gospel, and his alt-right troll Steve Miller was laughed off the Sunday shows for claiming it.
Flash forward almost 13 months, and we here in New Hampshire are still waiting for Trump's evidence of this malfeasance occurring. Our former GOP Chairman, Fergus Cullen, even offered a bounty for proof. Nothing.....
I don't bother reading news outlets who are not credible. I do not read "If You Only News" or "Liberal Society" or "The Palmer Report." Unless I recognize the outlet as a credible outlet, I don't bother. How I consider them credible is the fact that they have been around for years, they are by and large very accurate in their reporting (by their own investigations as well as unnamed sources) and when they are wrong, they retract or correct.
When The Washington Post, or the New York Times or any other reputable outlet, provides a source that chooses to remain unnamed, I trust them, because they are giants in the industry because of their honesty and integrity, AND their willingness to admit when they are wrong. They will not report on stories using unnamed sources unless the story can be verified six ways to Sunday. Their credibility relies on it, and news outlets live and die by their credibility.
Now, all of a sudden, certain factions wants to wage war against unnamed sources. I have to question whether it's the unnamed sources that these people have a problem with, or that what the sources are saying does not fit the narrative that they choose to believe.
headlines sell newpapers
Trump still talking birther crap is headlines
all i am asking for is more information....when did the conversation take place? who else heard the comment? can it be verified?
and no i dont trust the NYT or the WASHPO anymore....they have both become so biased in their reporting it isnt even funny
Katherine Graham would be ashamed of what the Post has become....
French Colonialism Must End
Senator Jim Inhofe
Published on Apr 12, 2011
Quotes:
"I am thankful that both the President and First Lady are still alive but brutally mutilated. I condemn, however, the use of so-called "peacekeeping" forces made up of UN and French forces in the attacks on Abidjan and the presidential palace. It is these forces that have caused countless deaths in this densely populated city of four million people."
The Richie Allen Show: African countries still paying colonial taxes to France
He spent years saying Obama wasn't born here and never retracted it. Why is that hard to believe? Because you don't like it?
Except Trump has said it publicly hundreds of times. Are you delusional or just willfully forgetful?
Crazy Don peddled that Birther crap for years. How come Trump dislikes brown folks so much?
It comes from Trump supporters who, unable to handle news they don't like, have regressed mentally to the age of eight year olds and declared that it's all fake.
Lean: Slightly Conservative.
Shocker there.
Unnamed sources have to be able to be unnamed or we will lose valuable input. Reporters can't be everywhere. They can't know everything. In addition to their own investigations, they rely on others. If they give up their sources, they'll never have another. That's why so many reporters go to jail to protect their sources. Do you think they would risk their careers on information that is not credible?
Trump may have told numerous people in the White house that he doesn't believe Obama's birth certificate, including this unnamed source who might have requested not to be named because he doesn't want to be sacked.
"A senator, who asked not to be named, told The Times"
And people wonder where the term "fake news" comes from.
Or it might be another example of FAKE NEWS. What better way to publish FAKE NEWS and not be outed? "unnamed sources".
You are so focused on hating Trump you totally missed the point of my statement..... My comment was not about excusing or clearing Trump in any fashion from having said such things, it's verifiable in print and video records, he said such.....
But the point is "an un-named person said" - that's not real news because anyone can say anything, but being anonymous means it is only by word of mouth and you can not verify that a senator actually said it.
Could or would a Senator say it, sure, could I believe one would - again, sure. But if I say I was told by a person who works that publication - but wishes to be unnamed - that the story was made up, you could not prove or disprove my statement because there is no source that can be found. (unnamed you see)
Again, the comment is aimed at the media making news out of an unverifiable statement..... not about if Trump ever said such.
Problem being that reputable news outlets vet their sources, even if they decline to be named.
And we are just supposed to trust them? No thanks.
You are so focused on hating Trump you totally missed the point of my statement..... My comment was not about excusing or clearing Trump in any fashion from having said such things, it's verifiable in print and video records, he said such.....
But the point is "an un-named person said" - that's not real news because anyone can say anything, but being anonymous means it is only by word of mouth and you can not verify that a senator actually said it.
Could or would a Senator say it, sure, could I believe one would - again, sure. But if I say I was told by a person who works that publication - but wishes to be unnamed - that the story was made up, you could not prove or disprove my statement because there is no source that can be found. (unnamed you see)
Again, the comment is aimed at the media making news out of an unverifiable statement..... not about if Trump ever said such.
You're free to believe that the coward in chief has abandoned his own lie in spite of evidence to the contrary, but nobody else is obligated to agree with you.
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