{"id":13486,"date":"2019-10-07T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13486"},"modified":"2019-10-07T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:07:00","slug":"93-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/93-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/","title":{"rendered":"93 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 Website Opener\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5D3aKjvA7ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>======================<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-07-93-Media-Mistakes-in-the-Trump-Era-The-Definitive-List-Sharyl-Attkisson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-07-93-Media-Mistakes-in-the-Trump-Era-The-Definitive-List-Sharyl-Attkisson.png 750w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-07-93-Media-Mistakes-in-the-Trump-Era-The-Definitive-List-Sharyl-Attkisson-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SHARYL ATTKISSON &#8212; Updated October 5, 2019 <\/strong>(from January 22, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We the media have \u201cfact-checked\u201d President Trump like we  have fact-checked no other human being on the planet\u2014and he\u2019s certainly  given us plenty to write about. That\u2019s probably why it\u2019s so easy to find  lists enumerating and <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/article\/2018\/may\/30\/what-donald-trump-got-wrong-his-tennessee-rally-ma\/\"><em>examining<\/em><\/a><em> his <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/06\/23\/opinion\/trumps-lies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;gwh=41131A992793B3B5497CC2FD2C894A28&amp;gwt=pay&amp;assetType=opinion\"><em>mistakes<\/em><\/a><em>, missteps and \u201c<\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/personalities\/donald-trump\/statements\/byruling\/false\/\"><em>lies<\/em><\/a><em>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our repeat mistakes involve declaring that Trump\u2019s claims  are \u201clies\u201d when they are matters of opinion, or when the truth between  conflicting sources is unknowable; taking Trump\u2019s statements and events  out of context; reporting secondhand accounts against Trump without  attribution as if they\u2019re established fact; relying on untruthful,  conflicted sources; and presenting reporter opinions in news  stories\u2014without labeling them as opinions. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So since nobody else has compiled an updated, extensive list of this kind, here are: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>93 Notable Mistakes and Missteps in Major Media Reporting on Donald Trump<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Aug. 2016-Nov. 2016:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The New York Post published modeling photos  of Trump\u2019s wife Melania and reported they were taken in 1995. Various  news outlets relied on that date to imply that Melania\u2014an immigrant\u2014had <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2016\/11\/melania-trump-immigration-associated-press-visa-illegal\/\"><em>violated<\/em><\/a><em> her visa status. But the media got the date wrong. <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/09\/melania-trump-photos-visa-immigration-228295\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a><em> was among the news agencies that later issued a photo date correction. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sharylattkisson.com\/2019\/01\/50-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/\">https:\/\/sharylattkisson.com\/2019\/01\/50-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>====================== SHARYL ATTKISSON &#8212; Updated October 5, 2019 (from January 22, 2019) Excerpts: We the media have \u201cfact-checked\u201d President Trump like we have fact-checked no other human being on the planet\u2014and he\u2019s certainly given us plenty to write about. That\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/93-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13492,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486\/revisions\/13492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}