The Hill is making headlines this morning with a headline of their own suggesting that Donald Trump is “open to special ID for Muslim-Americans”:
Trump open to special ID for Muslim-Americans: https://t.co/vYS67s4keN pic.twitter.com/bDNqacO6ZZ
— The Hill (@thehill) November 19, 2015
Except that’s not what he said.
The Hill is reporting on an interview that Trump gave to Yahoo News and here’s the exact exchange that generated The Hill’s bogus headline:
Here's how the Hill gets to its sensational headline. It is paraphrasing this from Yahoo News: pic.twitter.com/JJYlEISX2y
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 19, 2015
So it was Yahoo News' suggestion, to which Trump did the Trump thing because he's not so smart: he punted. https://t.co/y55UOzZ6lk
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 19, 2015
And the exact wording wasn’t in The Hill’s rewrite:
And, again, if the Hill is going to put it in the headline, it could at least put it in the story. https://t.co/y55UOzZ6lk
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 19, 2015
The Hill's decision to invent a Trump proposal is weird, because he already says so much legitimately crazy stuff.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 19, 2015
Hey, we get that not everyone is a fan of Donald Trump. But accuracy matters, especially if you’re going to insinuate something this ugly.
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