Posted on 03/01/2017 6:23:57 PM PST by cotton1706
Trump administration officials fed news outlets misinformation ahead of President Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night, hoping to get more positive press coverage, CNN reported Wednesday afternoon.
Ahead of Trump's speech, he told numerous news outlets, “The time is right for an immigration bill, as long as there is compromise on both sides,” hinting that he may call for immigration reform, including a possible path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, in his speech to Congress.
But he made no such remarks Tuesday night, and CNN's Sara Murray called it a "bait-and-switch."
“Basically they fed [news outlets] things that they thought these anchors would like, that they thought would give them positive press coverage for the next few hours. A senior administration official admitted that it was a misdirection play," Murray said.
"You will note that when the president was actually out there speaking to the American public, he didn't talk about a path to legal status, he talked about reforming the legal immigration system so it's merit-based,"
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bahaha...
CNN misleads its viewers
Psych!
“Donald, you magnificent bastard!”
Please don’t say that. Remember when we were all saying that about Karl Rove?
It’s like taking candy from a candy-hating baby.
When did this change occur?
Love
it
!
Remember, Patton called Rommel a magnificent bastard.
ROMMEL LOST!
CNN should have attempted to corroborate the “facts” they were trying to purport with additional sources.
But did they....? Noooooooooo..................
Up yours CNN.
NO. He didn’t lie to them.
They don’t even offer any evidence that he did.
They read ‘compromise’ to mean much more than it does.
CNN, Obama, Clinton, and the rest of the Global mouthpieces are engaged in sedition. Since they make war against us and our leader, it is fitting and just that President Trump use whatever means necessary to take them down.
Oh Noes! he played you suckers?
So right here she admits that rather than reporting the news - they like certain policies and report it according to their likes.
Well played President Trump - well played!
Many less than intelligent Freepers took the bait yesterday as well.
To get MORE favorable coverage???
Yes, gets old having to talk these snowflake Freepers off the ledge every five minutes.
On election day, I completely got off FR and Twitter and hung out in a back room on Twitter with “deplorable” analysts who all knew Trump was going to win. Refreshing not to deal with the constant negativism.
Truth is, Team Trump is deliberately punking the media now on a daily basis.
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