Trump falsely accuses the New York Times of making up a source. It was an official who briefed repor

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

Trump falsely accuses the New York Times of making up a source. It was an official who briefed reporters.

By Seung Min Kim
May 26 at 7:29 PM

President Trump on Saturday falsely accused the New York Times of using an unnamed source “who doesn’t exist” in a story on negotiations between the United States and North Korea, but the official cited spoke to reporters Thursday in a briefing arranged by the White House.

“The Failing @nytimes quotes ‘a senior White House official,’ who doesn’t exist, as saying ‘even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed,’” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.”

The senior White House official cited by the Times spoke to dozens of reporters Thursday at the White House and on a conference call to brief them on Trump’s decision earlier that day to cancel his June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The Washington Post, which participated in the briefing, agreed to the rules as laid out by White House press officials at the time, which were to refer to the briefer as a senior White House official. The Post also used information from that briefing in subsequent stories and continues to abide by the agreed upon ground rules.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-falsely-accuses-the-new-york-times-of-making-up-a-source-it-was-an-official-who-briefed-reporters/2018/05/26/2d055a60-612c-11e8-8c93-8cf33c21da8d_story.html

[RockRaven]

1. Can we talk a little bit not about how Trump lies all the time, but how bad he is at it?

And how Trumpists either can't tell or don't care?

I don't mean they can't tell or don't care he's lying. Of course that's true, but that's not what I meant. I meant they don't care or can't tell how f*cking BAD he is at lying.

It is really pathetic.

[Dave Starsky]

6. Can we talk about how the media refuses to use the "L" word?

I mean, absolutely refuses to call him a liar. I think I've heard O'Donnell say it a couple of times. Other than that, absolutely NADA.

Even though it's obvious, to everyone, that he knows what he's saying and absolutely knows it's untrue. These aren't "misspeaks". These aren't "falsehoods". These are LIES. He's a fucking LIAR.

[SayItLoud]

2. Why hasn't the NYTimes sued this pos?

[Scarsdale]

3. Since he himself uses

an unsecured phone, maybe HE is the leaker? Anyone could tap into his phone and listen in to conversations. What a boring job THAT would be. Guess the weather in Florida must be too bad for him to go golfing this weekend?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "continues to abide by the agreed upon ground rules."

Fuck the "ground rules". That only means you abdicate your responsibility of being the "fourth estate".

[laserhaas]

5. What a tool this guy is

Brags how smart he is - over and over - again and again

Then he proves the real news, is his own forked tongue