Another day, another “fake news” sighting:
This is the lamest attempt at manipulating news that CNN has done yet. They zoom away from Abe dumping his food to create FAKE controversy. https://t.co/DeQadJjhZt
— Brian Flood (@briansflood) November 6, 2017
In Japan, President Trump joined Japan’s prime minister in feeding fish food from two boxes. Some in the media, because everything must be twisted into a gaffe of some sort, were quick to try to turn it into an embarrassment for Trump:
Per pool, Trump & Abe were each feeding koi in a pond spoonfuls of fish food. Then this happened: https://t.co/1eI8IbA8hc
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/PfeifferDC/status/927382075317063680
Trump spoon feeds koi fish at Akasaka Palace. He ended up just dumping the whole box of fish food into the pond, per @justinsink at scene. pic.twitter.com/ICAxXMlMsA
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 6, 2017
Trump scooped out some feed for the coy in the pond below before opting to just dump the whole box. Rex Tillerson, standing nearby, laughed.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 6, 2017
Feeding a frenzy: Trump sparks social media outrage after dumping box of fish food into pond of Japanese koi carp https://t.co/W9co9ajVJj pic.twitter.com/hRF5Uc5kW3
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 6, 2017
CNN’s video zooms in and doesn’t show the full picture:
Trump joined his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in feeding fish, emptying the whole box of food into a koi pond https://t.co/ervKCSChIN pic.twitter.com/4b3XoyLNOJ
— CNN (@CNN) November 6, 2017
President Trump feeds fish with PM Shinzo Abe in Japan, then pours the entire box of food into the koi pond. pic.twitter.com/CQjGGf5k0J
— Veronica Rocha (@VeronicaRochaLA) November 6, 2017
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Hmm, there’s some context missing from that video! In reality, the embarrassment was again on the part of the media who pushed another piece of #FakeNews:
MSM getting upset over how Trump feeds fish is bad enough. But refusing to report that Abe dumped his food first takes it to next level. pic.twitter.com/9heAA7BDGN
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) November 6, 2017
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe emptied his entire container ahead of Trump, but the MSM is reporting that Trump embarrassingly broke protocol. pic.twitter.com/JyZC1ayhK7
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 6, 2017
This is some straight up bullshit, my dude. Trump's on point when he talks about #fakenews. He's talking about garbage like your tweet. pic.twitter.com/WNOZ3TXiW4
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 6, 2017
Who can you even trust. pic.twitter.com/POwKCsbOn3
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 6, 2017
Last night every news person ran with 'Look how rude Trump is overseas' takes, yet never mentioned Abe did it first. pic.twitter.com/YnIHzuUf8n
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 6, 2017
Nice editing.
I bet @CNN still wonders why people don't trust them https://t.co/0odNyFkpxT
— Al (@ancienthacker) November 6, 2017
CNN intentionally cropped this clip to hide the Japanese PM emptying his box before Trump.
But an apple is an apple or something right @CNN? https://t.co/NxVIaPVY7i— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) November 6, 2017
The banana is an apple, @CNN. https://t.co/Yvfoy2t22k
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) November 6, 2017
After another bogus narrative was spotted, attempts were made to reel it back in:
Tale of the tape: Abe dumped his fish food first! https://t.co/ddkiyc8riU
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) November 6, 2017
2,700 retweets for the “OMG look at Trump” tweet, under 100 so far for the full context tweet.
Abe dumped his fish food first. https://t.co/dWZf2IDrPL
— Nicholas Wadhams (@nwadhams) November 6, 2017
This is correct, and my tweet about the Koi pond was incorrect. I’ve since deleted it. https://t.co/uxMhj4EYBp
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 6, 2017
I've deleted this tweet which was based on multiple news reports but the video clearly shows Abe dumping his box of food first. pic.twitter.com/nsdt8U0awj
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) November 6, 2017
Too late though, because of course the bogus spin had already caught on:
And the media wonders where all the distrust comes from?
Wow they are never going to give up huh? Just have to turn them off.
— Isaac Corona (@Icecrack2011) November 6, 2017
It definitely won’t be the last time they do it.
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