by The-Truth-Fairy
More than three-quarters of those polled — 77 percent — said that TV news networks and newspapers were involved in “fake news.” Thirty-one percent said fake news is being reported “regularly,” while 46 percent believe it is only “occasionally.”
theweek.com/speedreads/764626/most-americans-believe-that-traditional-media-reporting-fake-news
I’m in the camp of people who are very skeptical of the claims made in the media, regardless of their political affiliations. Sometimes they get things really wrong, and they tend to twist the facts, add some spin, and omit information that could change your perception of the story. The best lies are told between two truths.
Here is a list of many retracted articles and misleading claims from the media, including MSNBC, Fox, CNN, NBC, ABC, WaPo, New York Times, etc:
1) From CNN
Washington (CNN) In his much-anticipated congressional testimony on Thursday, fired FBI Director James Comey will dispute President Donald Trump’s blanket claim that he was told he was not under investigation multiple times, according to sources familiar with Comey’s thinking.
CORRECTION AND UPDATE: This article was published before Comey released his prepared opening statement. The article and headline have been corrected to reflect that Comey does not directly dispute that Trump was told multiple times he was not under investigation in his prepared testimony released after this story was published.
2) From CNN
“In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication,” a spokesman said Monday evening. The story, which reported that Congress was investigating a “Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials,” cited a single anonymous source.
3) From Wash Post
Original title that they have changed, which you can verify by checking the url: “Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, officials say.”
Correction article: Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility, say people close to investigation
4) Slate, which didn’t even retract the story yet: Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?
Debunked by Wash Post
6) The Guardian: “This article was amended on 29 December 2016 to remove a sentence in which it was asserted that Assange “has long had a close relationship with the Putin regime”. A sentence was also amended which paraphrased the interview, suggesting Assange said “there was no need for Wikileaks to undertake a whistleblowing role in Russia because of the open and competitive debate he claimed exists there”. It has been amended to more directly describe the question Assange was responding to when he spoke of Russia’s “many vibrant publications”.”
8) New York Times: Notorious “17 intelligence agencies agree” claim retracted by the New York Times. (It was actually 3 agencies according to Former director of National Intelligence Clapper)
9) NBC News:
“EXCLUSIVE: Putin does not deny having compromising information on President Trump in interview with @megynkelly.” twitter.com/keridouglas/status/871514544480415744/photo/1
“CORRECTION: Putin denies having compromising information about President Trump, calls it nonsense twitter.com/NBCNews/status/871519148085583873
10) from ABC News:
JUST IN: @BrianRoss on @ABC News Special Report: Michael Flynn promised “full cooperation to the Mueller team” and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump “directed him to make contact with the Russians.” web.archive.org/web/20171201162158/https:/twitter.com/ABC/status/936628560374071296
CLARIFICATION of ABC News Special Report: Flynn prepared to testify that President-elect Donald Trump (not candidate Trump as initially reported) directed him to make contact with the Russians during the transition — initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, confidant now says. twitter.com/ABC/status/936760299146956800
Mediaite on ABC’s error: www.mediaite.com/tv/abc-news-issues-on-air-clarification-to-report-about-flynn-russian-outreach-and-trump/
The reason this “news” was so big was because it was basically evidence of collusion. After they corrected it, it’s no longer evidence of collusion. It’s just normal presidential business.
11.5) According to a former RT reporter, “We do work for Putin. We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth.”
12) NBC posted an article claiming Menendez, charged with bribery and fraud, was a Republican.
13) A New York Times story on the bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez (N.J.) initially failed to mention his party (Democratic).
14) Fox News ran footage of Mark Sanford admitting to an extramarital affair on Wednesday with a Chyron identifying the South Carolina Republican — near tears — as a D, for Democrat.
15) When former congressman Mark Foley admitted to having problems with alcoholism — after reports that he had behaved inappropriately with congressional pages — Fox News also identified him as a Democrat.www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/fox-news-identifies-sanfo_n_220377.html
Here are Fox’s four fake experts:
16) Fox News Apologizes for Featuring Veteran Who Lied About Being a Navy SEAL.
17) A Fake Antifa Member Trolled A Fox News Host
18) Fox News commentator who feds say faked a CIA career sentenced to 33 months in prison
20) CNN Selectively Edits Police Shooting Victim’s Sister’s Words to Protesters
21) After the shooting of a congressman at the Congressional Baseball game:
“Members of the Democratic team gather on the field for a prayer before the Congressional Baseball Game” archive.is/NOrep
Correction: Members of both teams gather on the field for a prayer before the Congressional Baseball Game (corrects who prayed) twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/875694395122741248
22) The Hill writes article and Tweets claim that “Report: Trump admin denied Puerto Rico request to let victims use food stamps for fast food.”
This is the article after it has been corrected: Trump officials allow Puerto Ricans to use food stamps for hot food
23) 2-second video causes headache for ABC News. ABC News faked part of a video of a Toyota with acceleration problems. They show a reporter in the moving vehicle, then cut to a shot of the tachometer revving to 6,000 RPMs while in park. They later apologized for faking the video. You can still view the original video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRN1CnKrc84 The fake shot is at 2:15.
25) NPR: Airing The Dirty Laundry: Too Few Of NPR’s Corrections Are Heard On The Radio
26) NPR claims Wikileaks posted Macron leaks and also claims some of the documents were fake so they could tarnish Wikileaks’ reputation, had to issue a correction stating that they don’t know who leaked them. See the tweet and comments here: twitter.com/NPR/status/860936844942430210
27) “Correction: In this report, it’s said that North Korea has continued to develop and test nuclear weapons despite warnings from the Trump administration. While North Korea is believed to still be developing nuclear weapons, it has not tested any since President Trump took office.” www.npr.org/2017/06/19/533494139/how-to-deal-with-north-korea-some-options-are-worse-than-others
29) CNN claimed the Trump campaign was given special access to Wikileaks documents before they were published based on an email they said was dated September 4, prior to the release of those documents. They updated the story to show that the email was actually dated September 14, after the documents were made public, which means some random person messaged the Trump Campaign about public information, which is a non-story. Updated CNN article.
30) Fox News scrubbed any mention of Russian government when reporting on Trump Jr. emails.