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    Washington Post panned for massive correction to Trump-Georgia election story

    This story is kind of long and lots of tweets. So just gonna quote the first few paragraphs. But basically The Washington Post took made up quotes from a source about Trump's conversation with GA elections investigator Frances Watson, admitting it wrongly attributed multiple quotes to Trump based on an anonymous source. Turns out Trump never said any of it, and of course it's not being treated with the severity it should by 'many'.
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    Washington Post panned for massive correction to Trump-Georgia election story: 'So, they made up quotes'

    Post wrongly attributed multiple remarks to Trump from phone call with Georgia election official

    The Washington Post made a massive correction Monday to a January report about a phone call between then-President Donald Trump and Georgia elections investigator Frances Watson, admitting it wrongly attributed multiple quotes to Trump based on an anonymous source.

    The Post initially reported Trump had told an official working in Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office to "find the fraud" in the state, which he lost narrowly to Joe Biden, and that she would be a "national hero" if she did.

    However, a newly emerged recording of the Dec. 23 call found he didn't use those words. Instead, Trump said she would be "praised" when the "right answer comes out" and encouraged her to closely examine mail-in ballots in Fulton County, the heavily blue and most populated county in the state.

    The Post published a lengthy correction to its story: "Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump's December phone call with the state's top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump's comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to "find the fraud" or say she would be "a national hero" if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find "dishonesty" there. He also told her that she had "the most important job in the country right now." A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump."

    CNN also reported on the call citing an unnamed source and waited until Monday afternoon to correct its story, after initially stating Trump said "national hero" and "find the fraud" in its opening paragraph. Many outlets picked up the story, including Vox, ABC News, and NBC News.


    Here's a raw video of the conversation. Whole article worth reading.



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    Trump's statement:

    Trump issues lengthy statement after Washington Post retracted false quotes attributed to the former President...
    "The Washington Post just issued a correction as to the contents of the incorrectly reported phone call I had with respect to v ot er fr au d in the Great State of Georgia. While I appreciate the Washington Post's correction, which immediately makes the Georgia Witch Hunt a non-story, the original story was a Hoax, right from the very beginning. I would further appreciate a strong investigation into Fulton County, Georgia, and the Stacey Abrams political machine which, I believe, would totally change the course of the presidential e lec tion in Georgia.

    "Fulton County has not been properly au dit ed for v ot e or sig nat ure verif icatio n. They only looked at areas of the State where there most likely would be few problems, and even there they found large numbers of mistakes. We are seeking to find and reveal the large-scale el ec tion fra ud which took place in Georgia. Many residents agree, and their anger caused them not to turn out and v ot e for two Republican Senators in the January el e cti on.

    "The Consent Decree signed between Raffensperger and Stacey Abrams was not approved by the Georgia State Legislature, and therefore should be deemed invalid, and the e lect ion result changed. Why the Governor and Raffensperger ever approved this Consent Decree is one of the great questions? We look forward to an answer.

    "You will notice that establishment media errors, omissions, mistakes, and outright lies always slant one way—against me and against Republicans. Meanwhile, stories that hurt Democrats or undermine their narratives are buried, ignored, or delayed until they can do the least harm—for example, after an el ect ion is over. Look no further than the negative coverage of the that preceded the election and the overdue celebration of the once the election had concluded. A strong democracy requires a fair and honest press. This latest media travesty underscores that legacy media outlets should be regarded as political entities—not journalistic enterprises. In any event, I thank the Washington Post for the correction."

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    Washington Post's 'find the fraud' correction points to larger issue with agenda-driven anonymous sources

    'It calls into question the pervasive reliance of the liberal media on anonymous sources in order to attack and undermine Republicans,' William A. Jacobson said

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/washin...tion-anonymous

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    Georgia official clarifies earlier report on Trump call to a Georgia investigator

    Georgia elections officials said their description of a much-scrutinized phone call between Donald Trump and a top investigator wasn't meant to be presented as a "word-for-word transcript" after a recording of the call revealed the former president was misquoted.

    Wasn't meant to be presented as a 'word for word'? That's hilarious. What was presented wasn't even close to what Trump said and was published in quotes by The Washington Post and those that picked it up. What a dishonest answer. And according to Shapiro's video above when other outlets 'verified' the story, then didn't use independent verification but 'verified' it by just reaping the same source.

    Georgia official clarifies earlier report on Trump call to a Georgia investigator

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