SURPRISE! Media leave out JUST enough of John Kelly's remarks to paint Trump as stupid

Did you hear? John Kelly totally outed Donald Trump as an illiterate imbecile today:

Per pooler @toddgillman, Kelly says Trump has yet to read the Democratic memo “No, no, it’s quite lengthy”

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) February 6, 2018

WH Chief of Staff: Trump hasn’t read Democratic memo yet but he “will be briefed on it” later today. "No no,” Kelly says. "It is quite lengthy.”

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) February 6, 2018

White House says 10-page memo is 'too lengthy' for Trump to read https://t.co/VTwz3z9xzl pic.twitter.com/wBJ26DFxSK

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 6, 2018

John Kelly says Trump likely won’t read ‘quite lengthy’ 10-page Democratic memo on FBI https://t.co/4KqQhOg3jr

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 6, 2018

John Kelly on whether Trump has read the Schiff memo. “No, no. It is quite lengthy.”
We are told it’s 10 pages.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 6, 2018

Just one problem: That’s not the full story.

This isn't nearly as bad as the original, erroneous pool report https://t.co/1nRgrNDAcF

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 6, 2018

Raise your hand if you’re surprised that initial reports left this out:

Pool sends corrected version of Kelly on Democratic memo:

Q: Has the president read the Democratic memo?

Kelly: "He has it. It's pretty lengthy."

Q: Has he read the whole thing?

Kelly: "No, no, I just gave it to him."

Q: He'll read it after this?

Kelly: "Oh of course yeah."

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 6, 2018

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Surprise!

Thank you. It's not hard to tell the truth. It's hard to get it across when people don't want to hear it. This correction was a step in the right direction.

— grampy (@Ptolemy820) February 6, 2018

Of course, the “corrected” version won’t get nearly as much attention as the snarky, deceptive one.

Works every time it’s tried.

I hate this trend of reporters writing things in a snarky way to get retweeted. Katy Tur did it yesterday with regard to tax reform.

This could just as easily have been written: "John Kelly on whether Trump has read the 10-page Schiff memo…."

But nope. Get those RTs, Manu! https://t.co/V0e0Cr2JTl

— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) February 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/nicktjacob/status/960983102800609280

Never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative, right?

https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/961000468448243712

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.