There was a story out yesterday that the “Goldwater Rule” had been lifted so that psychiatrists could comment on President Donald Trump’s mental state. That story, it turns out, was wrong:
News today that psychiatrists may now comment on Trump’s mental health is…wrong. https://t.co/ySiXs41b0r @APAPsychiatric @psychoanalysis_
— Psychology Today (@PsychToday) July 25, 2017
Here’s the statement from the American Psychoanalytic Association:
It was a misleading article in @statnews. Here is our statement: https://t.co/ybkkwRF66z https://t.co/hrz0ltw56W
— APsaA (@psychoanalysis_) July 25, 2017
Time for the corrections!
"Go ahead, psychiatrists: Diagnose Donald Trump" https://t.co/wOjpYY4F4b
— TIME (@TIME) July 26, 2017
2200+ RTs from NBC’s Bradd Jaffy:
American Psychoanalytic Association tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ & comment on Trump’s mental health https://t.co/RdvgjZj8yl
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 25, 2017
Go Ahead, Psychiatrists: Diagnose Donald Trump The lives of millions are risked if indeed he is mentally challenged https://t.co/UuZihb0b59
— Deepak Chopra (@DeepakChopra) July 25, 2017
Almost 5000 RTs here:
Truly amazing am psych assoc says Trump so f'ing nuts they're lifting Goldwater Rule https://t.co/wKQRVtS7qx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2017
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Marshall then got into an argument with the Washington Post’s Gene Park on why it’s not his fault that he helped spread bad info:
Here's what @joshtpm mislead you all on. The Goldwater Rule is still in placehttps://t.co/ZXrsIhxiot (h/t @stevemullis)
— Gene Park (@GenePark) July 25, 2017
Gene, I don't want to say you're being a douche. But it was actually a statnews piece which they got wrong. https://t.co/GecMy9AXHl
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2017
Yes, but why is his tweet still live? And we will note that Park didn’t tweet about his colleague Phil Rucker tweeting the same article:
American Psychoanalytic Association tells members it's OK to publicly discuss Trump's mental health, via @statnews https://t.co/gmpoznbcGs
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 25, 2017
Full list of verified twerps who shared the misleading Stat News article here.
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