Does the MSM ever get tired of overhyping stories only to later get a reality check?
Probably not.
Today’s outrage-of-the-day is that President Trump revealed the location of two nuclear submarines in a phone call with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. From Reuters, for example:
Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT https://t.co/1Q5g238lWP pic.twitter.com/o2BE3nZqTH
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2017
And from BuzzFeed:
Today's wtf https://t.co/OIBpZmU8hQ
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) May 24, 2017
Um, this a “non-story”, not a “wtf” story:
Sorry, this is a nonstory. Navy had already revealed USS Michigan at Busan, Vincent strike group has its own. https://t.co/mA45uHXha6
— Toby Harshaw (@tobinharshaw) May 24, 2017
PS: This comes from a 4-star admiral who is no Trump fan. https://t.co/t8oStNjFIZ
— Toby Harshaw (@tobinharshaw) May 24, 2017
This is getting attention, but he likely meant USS Cheyenne and Michigan. Both deployments were public knowledge; he didn't go into detail. https://t.co/zWAiZAv3xe
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 24, 2017
There are even press releases on the location of the subs:
The Navy publicly announced the presence of two subs in the area at the time https://t.co/qrEZVPoDKS https://t.co/O16cvPFjjO https://t.co/5XN0Yzb9jK
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) May 24, 2017
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The Navy has publicly stated the locations of these submarines in press releases https://t.co/Rh2Nx9yuUf https://t.co/YOiTKl4Kjg
— Jonathan Easley (@JonEasley) May 24, 2017
Oh, and North Korea already knew about one of the submarines, the USS Michigan:
#KimJong-un threatens #Trump: Will make USS Michigan an underwater ghost https://t.co/RhKXpp8Dad pic.twitter.com/PSoGT6AvU9
— Business Standard (@bsindia) May 2, 2017
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