NPR Politics is getting called out over a story claiming that Donald Trump Jr. lied to Congress about the Trump Organization’s plans for a building in Moscow:
This entire story is a lie. Trump, Jr. was explicitly asked whether the Trump Organization was pursuing a plan to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow in 2016. His answer: "Yes." He even offered to give the 2015 LOI signed by Trump to Judiciary investigators. https://t.co/omMSmse5rs
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 30, 2018
And it’s not just conservatives doing so. Here’s Aaron Blake of the Washington Post:
That NPR story about Don Jr. is still being shared.
And it's still not accurate.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 30, 2018
More from Blake’s WaPost colleague, Philip Bump:
This NPR story appears to be wrong. It notes that Trump Jr. told a Senate committee that a deal in Moscow died of "deal fatigue" by 2014.
But that was a deal with the Agalarovs. He was also asked if a deal was in the works in 2015/2016 and said yes.https://t.co/B8SuolTfyK pic.twitter.com/w34SamzXJF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 30, 2018
NPR tried a correction and it’s still not right, at least according to Bump:
The article's "update" is not good. Trump Jr. was clearly referring to *a particular deal* as having "died of deal fatigue" — and it's not the Cohen deal.
The fifth paragraph below is the important paragraph, which undercuts the existing headline. pic.twitter.com/Qt8Gkyx13g
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 30, 2018
Time for some deletions, blue checks;
A former CIA chief of operations retweeting a former NSA lawyer who is touting a fake story about Trump Jr.'s testimony. Hope these analytical failures weren't common in their previous work. pic.twitter.com/cPrCZyAXyK
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) November 30, 2018
And at least some already have, which is nice to see:
I deleted a tweet commenting on this article because @AaronBlake claims it is incorrect. https://t.co/cPjT6DEwQo
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 30, 2018
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