Patrick Poole brought our attention to this one. Apparently word is out in some media outlets that President Trump is fully prepared to go to war with NATO ally Turkey.
This quote is nowhere in your article. Likely because he didn’t say it. https://t.co/kSBxDCLVmW
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) October 21, 2019
Here’s how CNBC’s tweet on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement today reads:
Pompeo, asked about Turkey crisis and the Middle East, says Trump is prepared to take military action if needed. https://t.co/a4BNPl2UiA
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 21, 2019
We believe there was one before it that caused quite a stir, but it’s since been deleted, even though the live tweet still reads, “Trump is ‘fully prepared’ to take military action against Turkey…” underneath.
first you shared this news and created a perception and then deleted this news. So you're really a shitty, disgraceful, lying media. Have you ever been ashamed to do that? pic.twitter.com/hKz6iEc8iw
— Wolverine (@BCCBRF) October 21, 2019
CNBC web editors don’t know how to write in English.
Pompeo was responding to a question on Middle East, not Turkey. He later deleted the tweet.
— Kenan Demir (@kenandemir_tr) October 21, 2019
I'm fully prepared to call this insane https://t.co/0xX5jsqkPF
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 21, 2019
He didnt say that. It is deleted
— Nomad نومَد (@kroslav) October 21, 2019
This headline totally misconstrues what Pompeo said. He's asked what would warrant US military action "in the region" and responds generally about Trump being "fully prepared to undertake that".. "in the event that kinetic action or military action is needed." https://t.co/xus0r0j17b
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) October 21, 2019
Watch for yourself at 4:26: https://t.co/z4cjxvruPo
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) October 21, 2019
So let’s recapitulate. A CNBC journalist asks if US will go to war with Turkey. Pompeo says what? Journalist changes to “in the region.” Pompeo answers we cannot exclude it. CNBC edits out the clarification and runs with story “US may go to war with Turkey”
— Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno) October 21, 2019
I’m betting most media outlets and blue checkists ran with the fake news instead of the truth. https://t.co/tVngk3AGp1
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) October 21, 2019
That feels like the sort of thing that editors would lose their jobs over or even broadcasters would lose their license. That would have been 20 odd years ago, now…
— Derivative Fool (@derivativefool) October 21, 2019
? definitely fake news.
— Andrew Morris (@AndyJackMorris) October 21, 2019
CNBC are a joke. Trump is right to call these fraudcasters out.
— Sir Humphrey (@northcotetrevel) October 21, 2019
They have been doing this shit with trump for literally years. I don’t think anyone is surprised by this
— Internet News Agency ?? (@InternetNewsAg2) October 21, 2019
Enemy of the people
— n/a (@krpan1976) October 21, 2019
Related:
Ummm … IS THIS REAL?! ABC News appears to have used gun range footage from 2017 claiming it’s current combat in Syria https://t.co/JSJ2H6dlnC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2019
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