Donald Trump Jr. had lied to Congress, they said.
"But a funny thing happened on the way to the gallows - it was a lie. Not what Donald Trump Jr. said, he didn't lie; the story was a lie. After five hours being a live story from NPR, and editor's note" was added to this "Blockbuster."
The story reported that Trump Jr.'s response - that negotiations on one project concluded by the end of 2014 - contrasted with the version of events as laid out in the guilty plea by Michael Cohen on Thursday.
Everyone who read it in that 5-hour window, before the "Note" was added, was lied to and believed that lie, likely spreading that lie to others to this day.
The lie always beats the truth with people who desperately want to believe it.
You can add this to long list of bogus stories and narrative-enforcing lies that were wished true by reporters only to be proven otherwise after they'd spread and done their damage.
That's really the point of these "Fake news" stories, why they aren't caught in the editing process, why no editors or publishers question stories that so perfectly encapsulate what pundits hope for but for which there is zero proof.
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/12/02/when-the-truth-gets-in-the-way-n2536835
"But a funny thing happened on the way to the gallows - it was a lie. Not what Donald Trump Jr. said, he didn't lie; the story was a lie. After five hours being a live story from NPR, and editor's note" was added to this "Blockbuster."
The story reported that Trump Jr.'s response - that negotiations on one project concluded by the end of 2014 - contrasted with the version of events as laid out in the guilty plea by Michael Cohen on Thursday.
Everyone who read it in that 5-hour window, before the "Note" was added, was lied to and believed that lie, likely spreading that lie to others to this day.
The lie always beats the truth with people who desperately want to believe it.
You can add this to long list of bogus stories and narrative-enforcing lies that were wished true by reporters only to be proven otherwise after they'd spread and done their damage.
That's really the point of these "Fake news" stories, why they aren't caught in the editing process, why no editors or publishers question stories that so perfectly encapsulate what pundits hope for but for which there is zero proof.
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/12/02/when-the-truth-gets-in-the-way-n2536835
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