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Sharyl Attkisson compiles list of 101 notable media mistakes on Trump
American Thinker ^ | 12/02/2019 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/02/2019 7:40:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind

As the dominant media in the United States have degenerated into propaganda organs for the Left, a few honest reporters have distinguished themselves by sticking to the truth, even as it has cost them their high-visibility posts.  Sharyl Attkisson, a three-decade veteran of MSM broadcasting who was spied on by the Obama administration (her computer was intruded upon) and is fighting back (she needs your support!), is holding her former MSM colleagues responsible for their excesses in attacking President Trump.

Now she is compiling a growing list of notable media mistakes in reporting false stories about President Trump.  It's the Fake News Follies.  In the introduction, she turns the tables on them:

We the media have "fact-checked" President Trump like we have fact-checked no other human being on the planet — and he's certainly given us plenty to write about. That's probably why it's so easy to find lists enumerating and examining his mistakes, missteps and "lies."

But as self-appointed arbiters of truth, we've largely excused our own unprecedented string of fact-challenged reporting. The truth is, formerly well-respected, top news organizations are making repeat, unforced errors in numbers that were unheard of just a couple of years ago.

Our repeat mistakes involve declaring that Trump's claims are "lies" when they are matters of opinion, or when the truth between conflicting sources is unknowable; taking Trump's statements and events out of context; reporting secondhand accounts against Trump without attribution as if they're established fact; relying on untruthful, conflicted sources; and presenting reporter opinions in news stories — without labeling them as opinions.

What's worse, we defend ourselves by trying to convince the public that our mistakes are actually a virtue because we (sometimes) correct them. Or we blame Trump for why we're getting so much wrong.


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attkisson; bloggers; dts; fakenews; lies; media; mediabias; msm; sharylattkisson

1 posted on 12/02/2019 7:40:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Here are samples from Atkinson's list:

Oct. 1, 2016:

The New York Times and other media widely suggested or implied that Trump had not paid income taxes for 18 years. Later, tax return pages leaked to MSNBC ultimately showed that Trump actually paid a higher rate than Democrats Bernie Sanders and President Obama.

Oct. 18, 2016:

In a Washington Post piece not labelled opinion or analysis, Stuart Rothenberg reported that Trump’s path to an electoral college victory was “nonexistent.”

Nov. 4, 2016:

USA Today misstated Melania Trump’s “arrival date from Slovenia” amid a flurry of reporting that questioned her immigration status from the mid-1990s.

Nov. 9, 2016:

Early on election night, the Detroit Free Press called the state of Michigan for Hillary Clinton. Trump actually won Michigan.

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2 posted on 12/02/2019 7:44:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

Only 101?


3 posted on 12/02/2019 7:45:25 AM PST by ryderann
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, this is gonna be good.


4 posted on 12/02/2019 7:46:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: SeekAndFind
Tim Kiska, associate professor at the University of Michigan Dearborn, has been making election night calls for the Free Press since 1974 and has a near perfect record for the newsroom.

(Inspector Clouseau voice) "Not any more.
5 posted on 12/02/2019 7:48:13 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: SeekAndFind

The media has chosen the side that hates this country. It is attempting to engineer the destruction of Donald Trump who loves this country.


6 posted on 12/02/2019 7:51:04 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media deliberately and intentionally chooses to lie, with full awareness and knowledge.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Are they mistakes, or outright lies?


7 posted on 12/02/2019 8:18:46 AM PST by Mark17 (Dad of Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go much faster than Army tanks)
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To: SeekAndFind

Media mistakes? Don’t pull your punches,Sharyl....they’re media *lies*.


8 posted on 12/02/2019 9:44:37 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: SeekAndFind

Number 2 I believe they believed it. I think Hillary believed it as well. They all believed their own fantasies.


9 posted on 12/02/2019 10:49:59 AM PST by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

bkmk


10 posted on 12/02/2019 1:19:16 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dec 2, 2019: The Washington Post published an article.


11 posted on 12/02/2019 5:35:58 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: nutmeg

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12 posted on 12/07/2019 11:30:56 AM PST by nutmeg
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