18 May 2017 10:30 am
You smeared Breitbart in your other thread.Misty » 18 May 2017 10:20 am » wrote:Sorry Puss.
You don't get to pick the topics here.
Here's some truly malicious Fake News from the WashPost.
I actually took it seriously today. I mean, how can they **** up something this easy and pretend it's actual news?
Media Hysteria: WaPo Treats Kevin McCarthy Joke as Proof of Trump-Russia Link
by JOEL B. POLLAK17 May 20172,478
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The Washington Post released the latest salvo in the media’s effort to take down President Donald Trump on Wednesday: a joke made last year by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin pays Trump.
The joke occurred during a private conversation involving the House Republican leadership. The conversation was recorded. The exchange — from the transcript alone, since the Post has not made the audio available — is as follows:
McCarthy: The Russians hacked the DNC and got the opp [sic] research that they had on Trump.
McCarthy: laughs
[Crosstalk]
Ryan: The Russian’s [sic] hacked the DNC…
McHenry: …to get oppo…
Ryan: …on Trump and like delivered it to…to who?
[Unintelligible]
McCarthy: There’s…there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump…[laughter]…swear to God.
Ryan: This is an off the record…[laughter]…NO LEAKS…[laughter]…alright?! [Laughter]
Ryan: This is how we know we’re a real family here....
Though it is obvious from the transcript alone that the remark is a joke, the Post treats it as a serious scoop, claiming in the first paragraph that McCarthy “made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders.”
Later, the Post adds: “It is difficult to tell from the recording the extent to which the remarks were meant to be taken literally.”
No, it is not.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism ... ssia-link/