During President Trump’s rally last night, New York Times reporter Julie Davis covered the event and was troubled by something she said she witnessed:
Depressing sight at Trump rally in Nashville: adorable young boy, probly about my son's age, pointing iPhone at me & other reporters & snapping pix while screaming "FAKE NEWS!" A child who will grow up believing a free & fair press is the enemy, a bad thing, to be mocked & hated
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) May 30, 2018
About 16 hours later the tweets below appeared. Don’t be drinking anything when reading these:
President @realDonaldTrump is correct about his crowd last night. My estimate was way off, and we have corrected our story to reflect the fire marshal’s estimate of 5,500 people. When we get it wrong, we say so. https://t.co/AX2JkAMyh4 https://t.co/2LbfmkiSti
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) May 30, 2018
We have updated the article to reflect the fire marshal’s estimate of the crowd's size. https://t.co/u3y6Aarcio pic.twitter.com/iPynTX9NWV
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) May 30, 2018
You can’t make this stuff up!
Didn't you just whine earlier about being called fake news? Hilarious https://t.co/WddtcOgxa0
— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) May 30, 2018
A crowd of 1,000 was originally reported when it was in fact about 5,500? Missed it by that much.
This is why #Fakenews is sticking. Stop making crap up.
— michael mcfarland (@raidermike5569) May 30, 2018
The problem is you always seem to conveniently "get it wrong", It's hard for me to believe you "missed" 4500 people in the crowd!
— Parkland Strong (@parklandproud) May 30, 2018
So the kid who called you fake news last night was correct then? https://t.co/sLWY5sMWJi
— WRXchad (@WrxChad) May 30, 2018
After the week the media (and many Dems) had with blaming Trump for photos taken during Obama’s presidency, they might want to sit out slamming “fake news” accusations for a little while.
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