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Trump was not "joking" about this.
Stop putting the White House liars who said Trump was “joking” on your news shows. They were lying. They will lie again.
Reporters who quoted the “anonymous White House officials" saying he was joking should print their names. They lied. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1275099416215552003
Stop putting the White House liars who said Trump was “joking” on your news shows. They were lying. They will lie again.
Reporters who quoted the “anonymous White House officials" saying he was joking should print their names. They lied. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1275099416215552003
For the news media to play along with a bad-faith White House on any issue is gross. To do it on the most consequential subject of the Trump era — a pandemic that has killed at least 120,000 people — is the opposite of whatever mantra you tell yourself journalism is about.
Stop putting Peter Navarro on your news show to lie to your viewers. This was a lie. Either apologize for airing it or promise you won't air him again because he cannot be trusted to tell the truth. https://twitter.com/politico/status/1274734354355441666?s=20
Who was this official who lied about Trump "joking" here? We should know their name. They lied to you and should not be used as a trusted source with their name being withheld. https://twitter.com/MichaelCBender/status/1274509246605012992?s=20
Who is "the White House"? This was a lie. If you're committed to printing the truth, out this bad-faith liar who hid behind "the White House" so they don't lie again. What is the journalistic justification for standing behind this false reporting? https://twitter.com/axios/status/1274535475194155008?s=20
So who are the "unnamed White House officials" who lied about this? What is the professional reason in journalism to protect proven liars' identities when they deliberately misled the public about a pandemic that is killing hundreds of thousands of people? https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1275102646270115840?s=20
Who are the “aides”? Do they have names or do they get immunity to lie to the public for eternity? https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1275106393369034759
