Last night President Trump delivered a primetime address focused on Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
Ahead of the address, Politico had a preview of what the speech would contain. Or at least what they were told it would contain:
🚨POTUS will use his address tonight to declare that the war in Iran is winding down.
— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) April 1, 2026
He also intends to harshly scapegoat NATO allies for the biggest unresolved matter of the war, Iran’s ongoing restrictions of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
W/ @EliStokols and…
That story no doubt served its purpose as being a narrative generator for the Democrats, but what the speech actually contained was different.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was among those throwing Politico's scoop into the Fake News shredder:
This story was based on “six people familiar with the planning,” and I am sure none of them actually read the President’s speech before it was delivered.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) April 2, 2026
Politico did not even reach out to the White House for comment.
Another example of why you should not blindly trust what… https://t.co/lSVIKrTUPW
And yet the press still thinks it's unfair that Trump refers to them as "the Fake News media."
Quite literally nothing you claim Trump would say actually was said. You are fake news.
— BHH (@G2daddy) April 2, 2026
Nothing of that happened in the speech... https://t.co/HwE6LylDoC
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) April 2, 2026
Ah, "journalism"!
I don't really care about the speech but you should probably address how you guys got this one wrong.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 2, 2026
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Yikes.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 2, 2026
This story turned out completely wrong. The predictions here had no resemblance to the actual speech.
Politico deserves the embarrassment here for relying on Steve Bannon as their inside source. https://t.co/R2nDGQfxmJ pic.twitter.com/DyYj8Qutmr
It’s hilarious how they just claim to have the inside scoop like this, like they know what they’re talking about, then move on and never address how wrong they were after the fact https://t.co/29x6vDK1U8
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) April 2, 2026
That's the MSM business model these days. Or as Rush Limbaugh used to call them, the "drive-by media."
Neera Tanden even pointed out how wrong Politico's "reporting" was:
Bad sourcing or these reporters were played. https://t.co/j1uMcEZr4D
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) April 2, 2026
Maybe "both" is the correct answer. Too bad so many "reporters" either can't tell (or refuse to notice) when they're being fed BS and just go with it anyway.
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