Posted on 01/26/2019 5:10:04 AM PST by Texas Eagle
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 ...
Clearly they ran an article that was completely Fake News.
The question is, how much of everything else they publish is also Fake News? Presumably quite a lot.
It seems that the only thing they got right in their hit piece was the spelling of her name (and I’m not even sure about that).
Media scum.
Most people would be embarrassed to have to publish a page of factual errors and admit that they had to pay damages to the victim of their defamation. But since this is the Telegraph, just as 98% of U.S. media, they have no shame.
She is beautiful, smart, classy! We love her!
The libel laws in Britain are a lot tougher. I hope the Kentucky school kids and their families collect zillions more and a similar groveling apology from the lying “press”.
The apology makes me want to read the offending article!
I wonder if it’s still available? Must be a doozy.
Reminds me of the apology the Kevin Kline character wrung out of the John Cleese character in “A Fish Called Wanda”.
+1
Archie: All right, all right, I apologize.
Otto: You’re really sorry?
Archie: I’m really really sorry. I apologize unreservedly.
Otto: You take it back?
Archie: I do. I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
Wow!
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