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2016 Postmortem

joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:27 AM Aug 2016

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Here’s how Trump got the AP story on Clinton Foundation donors all wrong

Hillary Clinton’s critics jumped on an Aug. 23 Associated Press analysis of her meetings with Clinton Foundation donors while secretary of state. Trump, as did many others, relayed the findings of the AP analysis using misleading language that appeared in a promotional tweet that was retweeted or liked more than 10,000 times.

We are not going to award Pinocchios to this specific claim. Instead, we will set the record straight and recap what was reported in the initial story, the Clinton campaign’s criticism of the coverage and the AP’s defense.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/25/heres-how-trump-got-the-ap-story-on-clinton-foundation-donors-all-wrong/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_factchecker-ap-1015a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Glad to see even the lamestream media sees this for the garbage it is.

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Here’s how Trump got the AP story on Clinton Foundation donors all wrong (Original Post) joeybee12 Aug 2016 OP

Trump supporters rather believe a lie. madaboutharry Aug 2016 #1

One thing this story doesn't cover is tRump intentionally joeybee12 Aug 2016 #3

I heard this story on RW radio and posted on it last night. underpants Aug 2016 #2

Laughable that the AP is trying to defend it... joeybee12 Aug 2016 #4

madaboutharry

(40,184 posts)

1. Trump supporters rather believe a lie.

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:21 AM

Aug 2016

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

3. One thing this story doesn't cover is tRump intentionally

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:28 PM

Aug 2016

getting it wrong.

underpants

(182,596 posts)

2. I heard this story on RW radio and posted on it last night.

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:39 AM

Aug 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028121827

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

4. Laughable that the AP is trying to defend it...

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:29 PM

Aug 2016

They went for sensational and definitely tried to mislead.

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