About 36 years after the story exploded on anti-social media, NBC News finally corrected its story claiming that he described Confederate General Robert E. Lee as “incredible.”
It has become standard practice for media outlets to rush out an anti-Trump story, especially one that appears sketchy on it face, and then take their sweet time about clarifying, correcting, or withdrawing it when necessary, which is often the case.
CORRECTION: An earlier tweet misidentified the general President Trump described as "incredible" at a rally in Ohio. It was Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, not Gen. Robert E. Lee. An attached video clip lacked the full context for Trump's remark. Here is the full clip. pic.twitter.com/NZHj3Q2dHL
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 14, 2018
Very fake news CNN is also keeping up its end of the bargain.
CNN's @AnaCabrera and @KaitlanCollins both made false claims last week:
Cabrera falsely claimed Trump & Trump Jr. said "white men have a lot to fear right now"
Collins falsely claimed Clarence Thomas was accused of sexual assault
Neither "journalist" has corrected their claims
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 15, 2018
The Leslie Stahl interview, like the factually mis-edited #NBC Ulysses S. Grant/RobertELee controversy are among the growing body of proof that some mainstream news outfits are committed to an unswerving policy of anti-Trumpism. If @realDonaldTrump says it, then it must be wrong.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 15, 2018
As playwright/filmmaker David Mamet has famously said, in order to continue advancing their illogical arguments modern liberals have to pretend not to know things.
