Every Trump lie will be instantly laundered as headline news

[n2doc]

Yesterday, Donald Trump claimed to have gotten Sprint to bring 5,000 jobs back to America. This claim is false; the jobs have been coming for months. But a lot of media instantly published Trump's claim, many with Trump as the sole source and no reporting or fact-checking whatosever.

Trump and Sprint simply put out PR and everyone rewrote it. Sprint ignored inquiries from reporters who figured it out, only admitting that the jobs were "previously announced" after the company became the story and things started getting hot.

When I reached out to a Sprint spokeswoman asking if the announcement was a direct result of working with Trump or part of a pre-existing deal, she copy and pasted the press release I'd sent along with my first email. I responded saying I already had the press release and asked again if this was a direct result of working with Trump or part of a pre-existing deal in place. I tagged Sprint in a tweet about the situation, and it wasn't until after that started getting retweeted that the spokesperson responded.

"This is part of the 50,000 jobs that Masa previously announced," she said. "This total will be a combination of newly created jobs and bringing some existing jobs back to the U.S."

This is how it's going to be: he lies, and reporters instantly launder the statement into impartial-sounding headlines in the rush to be first. The excuse will be that stenography is journalism.

Get used to this sort of thing:

The New York Times:

Trump Takes Credit for Sprint Plan to Add 5,000 Jobs in U.S.

USA Today:

Trump: Sprint moving 5,000 jobs back to US

CNN:

Trump Declares Victory: Sprint will create 5,000 U.S. jobs

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[pbmus]

1. 10 hr average wage is nothing to gloat about..nt

[stopbush]

2. Yep. I haven't watched a minute of network or cable news since Nov 8.

Tired of the lies and the enabling of bigots.

[Charles Bukowski]

3. The flipside is that nothing that comes out of

Shithead's mouth will be taken as gospel. Someone will dig deeper and discover the catch. There will ALWAYS be a catch, if not an outright lie

Trump's farcical Carrier deal is a good example. Many bought into his boasts initially (like that idiot Cenk Uyger), but then the catch was uncovered: massive tax breaks for carrier, thousands of jobs still being shipped overseas.

[n2doc]

4. But how many will hear that?

We at DU and other people who care will see the truth. But the vast numbers of people will only see the lies as the sit on the couch.

[Charles Bukowski]

6. Plenty will hear it.

Trump's reputation as a massive liar is common knowledge. Even the Deplorables and GOP shills know it.

[Johonny]

5. Since Obama is still president, these are his created jobs :)

another Obama victory.