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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite 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.
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
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Chickensoup
(650 posts)1. .....And the nightmare goes on ... for how long please?
DBoon
(22,285 posts)2. You mean edited like this?
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)4. +1. A common government practice in Russia:
oasis
(49,150 posts)3. Traitor🇷🇺Trump nt
unc70
(6,095 posts)5. Doesn't explain the video edit
The WH video of the press conference has been edited to remove that interchange, too!!
spanone
(135,632 posts)6. exactly. this was a deliberate job to eliminate putin saying he wanted trump to be elected
Sugarcoated
(7,707 posts)7. Yet every news outlet has it on video
spanone
(135,632 posts)8. as the article points out...
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
this easily disproved lie will be another valuable fact to back up that this is the most dishonest man ever to hold the office.