MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell tweeted two falsehoods this weekend and has yet to correct either one.
Fake-news tweet No. 1: This snarky take on Trump and the hidden earpiece that the MSM didn’t see so they assumed the president didn’t care what the Italian prime minister was saying during his speech:
Maybe he will read translation later:) https://t.co/iyjCvM9E08
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 27, 2017
Fact Check — False:
JOURNALISM! Andrea Mitchell helps spread debunked #FakeNews about Trump at G7 https://t.co/AwlbNXAiR5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 27, 2017
Fake-news tweet No. 2: On the erroneous report that the president revealed classified information to the president of the Philippines on the location of our nuclear submarines:
And Trump shared with Duterte classified details about deployment of 2 nuclear subs off the coast of N Korea https://t.co/ys2oEYqxWO
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 28, 2017
Fact Check — False: The Navy put out multiple press releases as to the location of the submarines:
The Navy publicly announced the presence of two subs in the area at the time https://t.co/qrEZVPoDKS https://t.co/O16cvPFjjO https://t.co/5XN0Yzb9jK
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) May 24, 2017
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Related:
BuzzFeed, Reuters get a reality check after their anti-Trump pieces on Trump-Duterte call fall flat https://t.co/iBjbWeLvkk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 24, 2017
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