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spanone

(135,632 posts)
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 12:19 PM Jul 2018

White House fails to address omission in Trump-Putin transcript - Putin must be proud.

(CNN)More than a week later, the White House has still not corrected a key omission in its official transcript of President Donald Trump's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The White House's official transcript of the news conference omits the first part of a reporter's question to Putin: "President Putin, did you want President Trump to win the election?" Instead, the official transcript only includes the second part of the question: "And did you direct any of your officials to help him do that?"

The omission appears to be due to an issue with an overlap between simultaneous translation of Putin's remarks and the first part of the reporter's question to Putin in the audio feed the stenographers rely on. Private transcription services also made the same error.

White House transcripts, which are considered the official record of the President's comments, are compiled by White House stenographers who are career officials, not political appointees.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/politics/trump-putin-transcript/index.html
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White House fails to address omission in Trump-Putin transcript - Putin must be proud. (Original Post) spanone Jul 2018 OP
.....And the nightmare goes on ... for how long please? Chickensoup Jul 2018 #1
You mean edited like this? DBoon Jul 2018 #2
+1. A common government practice in Russia: dalton99a Jul 2018 #4
Traitor🇷🇺Trump nt oasis Jul 2018 #3
Doesn't explain the video edit unc70 Jul 2018 #5
exactly. this was a deliberate job to eliminate putin saying he wanted trump to be elected spanone Jul 2018 #6
Yet every news outlet has it on video Sugarcoated Jul 2018 #7
as the article points out... spanone Jul 2018 #8
When history tells the story Sugarcoated Jul 2018 #9

unc70

(6,095 posts)
5. Doesn't explain the video edit
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 12:33 PM
Jul 2018

The WH video of the press conference has been edited to remove that interchange, too!!

spanone

(135,632 posts)
8. as the article points out...
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 01:47 PM
Jul 2018

White House transcripts are considered the official record of the President's comments...

so if it's not corrected, in years to come the record will be wrong.

Sugarcoated

(7,707 posts)
9. When history tells the story
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 02:02 PM
Jul 2018

this easily disproved lie will be another valuable fact to back up that this is the most dishonest man ever to hold the office.

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