Headlines like this, which amplify Trump claims made in transparent bad faith without informing readers that they are false based on the known facts, actively reward Trump's lying.
This is a huge, ongoing problem.
I have a chapter on this in my book: https://t.co/TehBe3RmWx https://t.co/ozavfueiIC
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 13, 2018
Category: News media
I don’t think CNN and MSNBC would do something like this
Yes. After he told me that he was not going to engage in “name calling.” This is why so many people correctly conclude that @TuckerCarlson is a liar, just like Trump. https://t.co/y7ly56tIWy
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 14, 2018
The extent there was any doubt as to the lack of professionalism of @TuckerCarlson or @FoxNews before tonight, there is no longer. What happened with the chyron tonight was a disgrace. Complete garbage – trash television. A new low.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 14, 2018
How racist can they get?
Who cares if he had marijuana? He was murdered by a cop, who had no business being there, in his apartment!
Of course, no words of sympathy for the victim have been tweeted by our racist president.
He was murdered in his own home by an illegal intruder!!! We give no fucks. He’s not on trial here. The cop should be. #StopAssassinatingHisCharacter #TeamDl https://t.co/jLq6HRM2L7
— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) September 13, 2018
This is an attack on an innocent man who was killed by a cop for simply existing in his own home. PERIOD.
Botham Jean should still be alive and Black. Lives. Matter. https://t.co/F5MFtHABzX
— ACLU (@ACLU) September 14, 2018
I have rarely seen more universal condemnation of a news story than that local Fox one about the guy who was murdered having marijuana in his apt.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) September 14, 2018
“If innocent unarmed black men like Jean are shot, it’s because they lack firearms; if innocent black men who are armed like Castile or Sterling are shot, it’s because they had a gun. Heads, you’re dead; tails, you’re also dead.” https://t.co/v3eMoQoXlP
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) September 13, 2018
Horrible and irresponsible. https://t.co/QEbDInJAN1
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) September 13, 2018
It’s really really really really hard to read this without thinking the motivations here are pure, unfiltered racism. https://t.co/q6TPLEmZXI
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) September 13, 2018
I am speechless.
An off duty cop shoots and kills a wonderful (Black) man in his own home and on the day of that man's funeral, police & local media release that they searched his home, found weed, then get cornered into admitting they never even searched the perpetrators home. https://t.co/naze9wFM1c
— Shaun King (@shaunking) September 13, 2018
The New York Times was wrong on Nikki Haley – they corrected it
Wow.
"The article should not have focused on Ms. Haley, nor should a picture of her have been used. The article and headline have now been edited to reflect those concerns, and the picture has been removed." https://t.co/WTKrwMFYkN
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 14, 2018
.@nytimes editor @deanbaquet to me just now on corrected Nikki Haley drapes story: “The main lesson here is, if we get it wrong, we correct it. We own up to it.” https://t.co/2Tyqzbvyex
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 14, 2018
People on this website are mocking the @nytimes for this (dramatic) correction, but they're missing the point: this is an example of a journalism organization holding itself accountable: https://t.co/2sjFj4bBYA
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) September 15, 2018
Pro-Trump commentator now on RT
Last November RT America officially registered as a foreign agent in the U.S. for being a propaganda arm for Russia https://t.co/lI0ivyTsn8
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 7, 2018
Reactions to the anonymous New York Times op-ed column about Trump
I really like this first one. The op-ed says nothing about Trump’s racism such as his reaction to Charlottesville or the hundreds of children still separated from their parents.
You cannot publish a 965-word op-ed excoriating Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations” while omitting any and all references to his racism, bigotry, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and white nationalism. https://t.co/y7PwGXWBiN
Comic: @Lubchansky / @TheNib pic.twitter.com/YizQrjWBZE
— The Intercept (@theintercept) September 7, 2018
Writing the anonymous @nytimes op-ed is unquestionably a fireable offense. But unless the author is a uniformed service-member, it sure as heck ain’t a crime—to say nothing of “national security.”
Whle he’s at it, what other constitutionally protected speech should DOJ look at?? https://t.co/aLM2gDy7iM
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 7, 2018
Of course the most vociferous denier of authorship of the op-ed, the most over-the-top denigrator of the anonymous author's motives and character, is probably the true author.#PersecutionAndTheArtOfWriting
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 7, 2018
Opinion: You can bet reporters will track the author of the “resistance” op-ed down https://t.co/clm8weDxER
— POLITICO (@politico) September 7, 2018
“No one took the memo separating children from their parents away from Trump’s desk.” – @chrislhayes
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) September 7, 2018
Two DOJ officials tell The Daily Beast they’ve been passively resisting Trump since he took office.
"We see ourselves as rebels," one official said, adding that the op-ed marked a perfect time to celebrate. "We even went around fist-bumping each other." https://t.co/0TirTXy2uD
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 7, 2018
Talking to source inside admin about Times op-ed. His take:
“Having been a part of some successful attempts to thwart Trump’s worst impulses, I would say that the successes are small, tactical, and temporary.”
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) September 5, 2018
What if the 10% includes war with North Korea or Venezuela? My view of anonymous is more charitable: https://t.co/qQPnOmmMUj https://t.co/a8sk25YzNN
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 7, 2018
It says something about the character of the Trump Administration that Trump officials don't simply deny, in a dignified way, authorship of the Anonymous op-ed. Instead, to pander to Trump, they denigrate the author's character and impugn his motives. Sad.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 7, 2018
Writing this op-ed was not a crime. Using law enforcement resources to hunt down the writer is an abuse of power. https://t.co/jiofzVOqQa
— ACLU (@ACLU) September 7, 2018
Tucker Carlson: We have a "pretty good idea" who wrote anonymous NY Times op-ed https://t.co/fT4DyzIta0 pic.twitter.com/AxGMbVUsOy
— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2018
Amid all the denials about who penned anonymous NYT op-ed, @KarenTravers tells @StartHereABC administration officials "haven't addressed the substance of what's in the op-ed, and that's really notable." https://t.co/6u8MeBkaaR
🔊: https://t.co/2NO9AnXPqa pic.twitter.com/8seBQOA1Gu
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 7, 2018
Of course. It's like a septic tank full of rabid rats. https://t.co/e6J0FTEpdX
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 7, 2018
You do not use the Justice Department to find and prosecute your own staff unless they've committed a crime. But thank you for a reminder of what was once the "law and order" party, who thought Barack Obama was an out-of-control dictator, has sunk to defending. https://t.co/TvqFAHcXvv
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 7, 2018
But identifying and bringing to justice the people who worked with Russia to undermine our democracy is a “witch hunt” https://t.co/Cd9IsgkawR
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 7, 2018
WH has narrowed down search for anonymous op-ed writer to a few suspects, I’m told. Trump is “obsessed” with finding the person but Kelly has advised him to let it pass. Trump is also said to be mad at Shine over handling of Woodward book. “We should get Hope back here,” he said.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 7, 2018
Trump threatens the New York Times
Trump is way out of line by claiming the op-ed threatened national security and urging the Justice Department to investigate.
That would be an abuse of power, because there is no evidence that the author of the op-ed violated the law, as I discussed in @POLITICOMag: https://t.co/Aoawf78ZpM https://t.co/13OBDrsBsn
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 7, 2018
Statement from @nytimes: pic.twitter.com/mqKoSUeGKx
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 7, 2018
Unbelievable split-screen moment: TRUMP just told reporters he wants the Justice Department to investigate who wrote the anti-Trump op-ed in the NY Times. Meanwhile, OBAMA just condemned those who "pressure the attorney general or the FBI" to punish their political opponents.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 7, 2018
President Trump says he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate and uncover the identity of the senior administration official who penned an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times this week https://t.co/I4q5f1ol0H pic.twitter.com/dXDEhUsDk4
— CNN (@CNN) September 7, 2018
An example used by Fox News
Let’s compare the op-ed author to the Unabomber.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 7, 2018
Bob Woodward’s book is coming
This should be good.
Woodward tells the truth while Trump lies every day. Who are you going to believe?
Took the WH four hours to come with the same statement it’s used for the last two books https://t.co/0Z4lcxgmLN
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2018
"He's had a lot of credibility problems." –Donald Trump on Bob Woodward
"You know I'm very open to you. I think you've always been fair." — Donald Trump on Bob Woodward https://t.co/4yDL4xysBF
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 4, 2018
Woodward statement: "I stand by my reporting."
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 4, 2018
I've been on the receiving end of a Bob Woodward book. There were quotes in it I didn't like. But never once – never – did I think Woodward made it up. Anonymous sources have looser lips and may take liberties. But Woodward always plays is straight. Someone told it to him.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 4, 2018
What you're seeing in the Woodward book is that the Cabinet essentially already activated the 25th Amendment
They just didn't tell us.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 4, 2018
Worried about Trump's judgment, Gary Cohn took a letter from Trump's desk authorizing the withdrawal of the U.S. from a trade agreement with South Korea, according to Bob Woodward's new book. Cohn told an associate that Trump never realized it was missing. https://t.co/R17YNZPKqz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 4, 2018
President Trump's lawyer warned him of an "orange jump suit" if he testifies to Robert Mueller, according to a new book by Bob Woodward https://t.co/5EcNvBCB5e pic.twitter.com/TTsb5KGqrh
— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2018
The orange jump suit would match his hair.
Crying "fake news" might have worked, kinda sorta, against Michael Wolff. But against Bob Woodward? pic.twitter.com/XCJD73m8F1
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 4, 2018
Yep. Woodward has tapes. Lots of them. And lots of people talked. https://t.co/Wp1L33IKVF
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 4, 2018
Three three questions for Trump supporters:
Are the Trump appointees who spoke to Bob Woodward lying?
In this book, he is universally portrayed as a liar by his colleagues. Why is that?
What bothers you most? His advisers hating Trump for being a liar, or being a child?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 4, 2018
Some in the extended Trump diaspora are preparing to use the Woodward book as a fresh push against Kelly.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2018
Bob Woodward's peek behind the Trump curtain is 100% as terrifying as we feared | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/rEyT09eFY0 pic.twitter.com/Q2wC6yYzcw
— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2018
Trump’s tweets on Woodward have all been respectful pic.twitter.com/ORsqFJL3bO
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) September 4, 2018
For the record: I spoke with WH sources who say they DID speak to Woodward though SHS says it was many disgruntled former employees. pic.twitter.com/aIplQVtknf
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) September 4, 2018
Mattis relationship w Trump had already changed some before this book. It can’t help … https://t.co/5rewiXluJA
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2018
To believe Trump, you have to believe that everything that has been written — in tweets, articles and books — is wronghttps://t.co/NXV3az8EoM
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 4, 2018
If you take seriously the revelations in Bob Woodward’s book “Fear”—and how can you not?—then it’s time for President Trump to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment because he is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Me: https://t.co/F6kjTXOE6N
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 4, 2018
Woodward reports that post-Charlottesville: "That was the biggest fucking mistake I've made," the president told Porter. "You never make those concessions. You never apologize. I didn't do anything wrong in the first place. Why look weak?""
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 4, 2018
Trump questions whether Woodward is a Democratic operative. https://t.co/7R1w7TaB3V
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 4, 2018
“Given the revelations in Woodward’s book, how can these men stay in their roles with a president they detest so much? How will they be able to do their jobs now? And how could the president possibly keep them around now that the book is out?” https://t.co/3tLV7bLN3j
— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) September 4, 2018
Trump talks about media licenses again
Scary stuff
This is dictator territory
Just for the record: NBC News has NO license, so one can't be "looked at." NBC doesn't, either. Its owned and operated stations do (WNBC, WRC, etc.), but FCC has never taken away a station license for news coverage, nor could it under the First Amendment. https://t.co/PedjMVClVn
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 4, 2018
Trump hits CNN and NBC, urges 'look at their license': tweet https://t.co/Sar8TncAoV pic.twitter.com/y6bhZa5N7j
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 4, 2018
Trump is scandalized by NBC’s reluctance to go public with allegations about Harvey Weinstein. He didn’t mind them keeping quiet over the "Access Hollywood" tapes, though https://t.co/zJy2ZNxNrC
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 4, 2018
Sad! 