Did you hear? John Kelly totally outed Donald Trump as an illiterate imbecile today:
Per pooler @toddgillman, Kelly says Trump has yet to read the Democratic memo “No, no, it’s quite lengthy”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) February 6, 2018
WH Chief of Staff: Trump hasn’t read Democratic memo yet but he “will be briefed on it” later today. "No no,” Kelly says. "It is quite lengthy.”
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) February 6, 2018
White House says 10-page memo is 'too lengthy' for Trump to read https://t.co/VTwz3z9xzl pic.twitter.com/wBJ26DFxSK
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 6, 2018
John Kelly says Trump likely won’t read ‘quite lengthy’ 10-page Democratic memo on FBI https://t.co/4KqQhOg3jr
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 6, 2018
John Kelly on whether Trump has read the Schiff memo. “No, no. It is quite lengthy.”
We are told it’s 10 pages.— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 6, 2018
Just one problem: That’s not the full story.
This isn't nearly as bad as the original, erroneous pool report https://t.co/1nRgrNDAcF
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 6, 2018
Raise your hand if you’re surprised that initial reports left this out:
Pool sends corrected version of Kelly on Democratic memo:
Q: Has the president read the Democratic memo?
Kelly: "He has it. It's pretty lengthy."
Q: Has he read the whole thing?
Kelly: "No, no, I just gave it to him."
Q: He'll read it after this?
Kelly: "Oh of course yeah."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 6, 2018
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Surprise!
Thank you. It's not hard to tell the truth. It's hard to get it across when people don't want to hear it. This correction was a step in the right direction.
— grampy (@Ptolemy820) February 6, 2018
Of course, the “corrected” version won’t get nearly as much attention as the snarky, deceptive one.
Works every time it’s tried.
I hate this trend of reporters writing things in a snarky way to get retweeted. Katy Tur did it yesterday with regard to tax reform.
This could just as easily have been written: "John Kelly on whether Trump has read the 10-page Schiff memo…."
But nope. Get those RTs, Manu! https://t.co/V0e0Cr2JTl
— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/nicktjacob/status/960983102800609280
Never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative, right?
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/961000468448243712
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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