Example of Main Stream Media (MSM) Bias

By Timothy Roberge 20 February 2017

This report, in itself, is what one might refer to as "fake news."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/19/donald-trump-sweden-attack-carl-bildt/98127056/ 


This is how the MSM does it; they find any sentence that is confusing and can be manipulated to support their narrative. Their narrative this time is so make Trump appear to be saying something false.

From Trumps speech on Saturday, they gleamed onto this: "You look at what's happening last night in Sweden."

I agree this could be interpreted in 1 of 2 ways:
  1. That Trump saw something that actually happened the previous night in Sweden
  2. That Trump saw something the previous night that showed what is happening in Sweden
Of course, the media and their lefty drones are going to jump all over #1, which they did. Just as the USA TODAY headline shows:
Trump cites a (fake) attack in Sweden
...and comment that..."At his Florida rally, President Trump suggested there was an attack in Sweden on Friday night."

Here is full paragraph of what our President said:
"You look at what's happening in Germany. You look at what's happening last night in Sweden ... Sweden ... who would believe this? Sweden, they took in large numbers, they are having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what's happening Brussels, you look at what's happening all over the world."
 

As you can see, President Trump never said there was a Terror attack in Sweden the previous night before the rally. In fact there is nothing in the paragraph referring to any attacks at all. The headline used by USA TODAY is over the top and strictly used to confuse the public. The MSM knows that most people do not read entire articles any more…most see a headline and extrapolate whatever they might just from the headline. So using “Trump cites a (fake) attack in Sweden”, one might actually believe he cited an actual fake attack…which is not true. Hence this USA TODAY report in itself, is “fake news”.

When I heard this during his speech, I never took away that there was an attack in Sweden from what he said, that’s because he never mentioned anything like that. But of course the lefty’s that have it out for our President, are on constant lookout for anything negative, and they gleaned onto this comment.

Everyone must realize, when President Trump has rallies and speaks to the people, he does not measure every word he says.


Maybe Mr. Trump could have worded this better...how about this?
“You look at what's happening in Sweden, last night I saw a report showing all the problems they are having with increased refugees ... Sweden ... who would believe this?”
Yes...the above would have been bullet proof and the media could not have twisted this, but that’s not how our president operates. The beauty about Trump is that he speaks to the people off the cuff...no Teleprompters, no scripts. He is real, and speaks directly to the people without the normal filters everyone is used to. He is not going to measure his words and attempt to be politically correct all the time.

I see these news reports are blowing the comment way out of proportion. It is ridiculous that this story was ever a key story for the last 2 days. It is just more evidence of how the media twists things to show a negative perspective on something that never should have been headline news. This is just another example of the exact thing that the President has been complaining about during his press briefings. I for one, thank God for the right leaning news outlets so I can see both sides of the story. Unfortunately, way too many people will only hear the side of the story that they get from MSM, and will never believe anything otherwise.

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