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blackhawks

04/21/19 6:44 PM

#308269 RE: ForReal #308262

The WA Examiner is catnip for critical thinking impaired, credulous to a fault, RW moral imbeciles.

That’s a running head start description of President Used Enema Water, who is also an inveterate liar and a semiliterate, justice obstructing, Putin puppet traitor.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Examiner


Distribution and readership[edit]

The magazine's publisher said in 2013 that it would now seek to distribute the magazine to at least "45,000 government, public affairs, advocacy, academia and political professionals." [3] The publisher also claimed The Examiner's readership is more likely to sign a petition, contact a politician, attend a political rally, or participate in a government advocacy group than those of Roll Call, Politico, or The Hill.[19]

According to its publisher The Examiner has a high-earning and highly educated audience, with 26% holding a master's or postgraduate degree and a large percentage earning over $500,000 annually, likely to be working in executive or senior management positions.[19]

Content and editorial stance[edit]

The Examiner has been described as and is widely regarded as conservative.[9][11][10] When Anschutz first started the Examiner in its daily newspaper format, he envisioned creating a competitor to The Washington Post with a conservative editorial line. According to Politico, "When it came to the editorial page, Anschutz's instructions were explicit — he 'wanted nothing but conservative columns and conservative op-ed writers,' said one former employee."[6] The Examiner's writers have included Michael Barone, Tim Cavanaugh, David Freddoso, Tara Palmeri, Bill Sammon, Rudy Takala, and Byron York.

The Examiner endorsed John McCain in the 2008 presidential election[20] and Adrian Fenty in the Democratic primary for mayor in 2010.[21] On December 14, 2011, the newspaper endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, publishing an editorial saying he was the only Republican who could beat Barack Obama in the general election.[22]
2018 "MAGA list" story[edit]

In December 2018, the Washington Examiner published a story with the headline, "MAGA list: 205 ‘historic results’ help Trump make case for 2020 re-election". The story listed numerous alleged accomplishments of the Trump administration with no fact checks. The list was given to the Examiner directly from the White House for publishing, and there was no reporting rebutting anything. Shortly afterward, President Trump tweeted the story twice.[23][24]

2019 Muslim prayer rugs story[edit]

In January 2019, the Washington Examiner published a story with the headline, "Border rancher: 'We've found prayer rugs out here. It's unreal'." Shortly thereafter, President Trump cited the story as justification for a border wall amid the 2018-2019 federal government shutdown. The story in question cited one anonymous rancher who offered no evidence of these Muslim prayer rugs, such as photos.

The story provided no elaboration on how the rancher knew the rugs in question were Muslim prayer rugs. The author of the story formerly worked as press secretary for the anti-immigrant group Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Stories of Muslim prayer rugs at the border are urban myths that have frequently popped up since at least 2005, but with no evidence to substantiate the claims.[25][26][27][28][29][30] The Examiner never released a clarification or retracted the story.

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BOREALIS

04/21/19 6:54 PM

#308271 RE: ForReal #308262

Everything LYING RUMP Trump calls “fake news” is TRUE

Donald Trump has said 4857 false things as U.S. president

By Daniel Dale, Washington Bureau Chief

The Star is keeping track of every false claim U.S. President Donald Trump has made since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.


Why? Historians say there has never been such a constant liar in the Oval Office.
We think dishonesty should be challenged.
We think inaccurate information should be corrected.
And we think the sheer frequency of Trump’s inaccuracy is a central story of his presidency.


If Trump is a serial liar,
why call this a list of “false claims,” not lies? You can read our detailed explanation here. The short answer is that we can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional. In some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.

Last updated: Apr 11, 2019

http://projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-fact-check/