We knew the spin was inevitable … but somehow, the New York Times has managed to outperform even our lowest expectations:
Trump Defends Melania Trump and Spreads Conspiracies About Her in the Process via @katierogers https://t.co/zhOYQ9PsyF
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 6, 2018
Oh. Em. Gee.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1004401768875339777
Are you seriously going with this headline ???
— Will Chesanek (@will3kray) June 6, 2018
Yes. Yes they are:
President Trump, who has long reveled in conspiracy theories, spent at least part of Wednesday morning lashing out at the news media about its coverage of the first lady, Melania Trump, while in the process repeating the kind of unfounded rumors about his wife that would normally attract legal action from him and his notoriously litigious family.
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Without clarity from the White House, some journalists have used their platforms to speculate about Mrs. Trump’s life, including whether she was a victim of domestic violence. The guesswork has expanded beyond the news media. On Monday, as Mrs. Trump attended the event with Gold Star families, a contingent of observers on Twitter wondered whether the sparse footage captured of the event was indeed from that day.
And the timing of Mrs. Trump’s departure from the public eye was abrupt and baffling: It came as she was ramping up her public appearances and in the midst of launching her official platform, Be Best, which will focus on children’s issues.
So, basically, it’s Donald Trump’s fault that media have been running around fanning the flames of various Melania conspiracy theories. Good talk.
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1004402202004242432
Huh? It was the media, on Twitter and in news articles, that spread the conspiracy stories about Melania.
— William (@LastWordWilliam) June 6, 2018
“It’s Trump’s fault I promoted a conspiracy because his whole time in office has been riddled with conspiracies that we’ve promoted.”
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) June 6, 2018
Trump responds to media spreading conspiracy theories now means he spread conspiracy theories. The "troll Trump" angle that dominates media needs to die a fiery death. https://t.co/fapoJRT4TN
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2018
If I'm reading this right the narrative is now "Well if Trump doesn't want us to spread conspiracies about his wife then he should stop doing it on other things" and this is why both of these children deserve each other.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2018
Why does the media deserve respect again?
We get lectured about the free and fair press and then we see this headline….
— Objective Journalist (@dim_objective) June 6, 2018
Stories like this are why I'm always surprised the media's approval ratings are above 0% https://t.co/mL9j3eabjK
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) June 6, 2018
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