Media Double Down After NYTIMES Busted Making Up Quote...
There may have been a real White House briefing with real White House officials, but The New York Times couldn't be trusted to accurately summarize what the White House official said. And it wasn't on a minor point.
By
Mollie Hemingway
On the path to the June 12 summit with North Korea, journalists claimed President Donald Trump would not be willing to walk away from the negotiating table because he was too desperate for a win.
The
Washington Post’s David Nakamura
wrote that “critics fear that a president determined to declare victory where his predecessors failed will allow his desire for a legacy-making deal to override the substance of the negotiations.” On the same day, the
Washington Post’s Paul Waldman
mocked Trump’s desire for a win, which he said was turning Trump into a fool who was getting played.
Then President Trump did what media outlets said he’d never do. He walked away from the negotiating table due to North Korea’s behavior. The media outlets didn’t acknowledge their previous analytical missteps so much as come up with new lines of attack on Trump.
Mark Landler and David Sanger of
The New York Times wrote an article arguing there were deep divisions between Trump and his advisors. To support the claim, the
Times argued that Trump said a June 12 summit was still possible, while his top aides said it was “impossible”:
As with so many issues involving this president, the views of his aides often have little effect on what he actually says. On Thursday, for example, a senior White House official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.
On Friday, Mr. Trump said, ‘It could even be the 12th.’
President Trump responded by calling it fake news, tweeting:
Trump was incorrect when he said that
The New York Times“quotes” the official. They actually characterized his remarks. But they definitely claimed a senior White House official said June 12 was
impossible.
Media types rushed to
The New York Times’ defense, claiming they heard a White House official say the “impossible” line in a background briefing they were privy to. Someone leaked audio of a background briefing that they said supported
The New York Times’ “impossible” characterization.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/28...ew-york-times-gets-busted-peddling-fake-news/
