brian ross wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:38 pm
Perhaps because he has stated he was there, 4E?
Nope, the cherished American legal concept of "innocent until proven guilty" should also apply to news stories. If you doubt Trump, Mr./Ms. Reporter, then prove he wasn't where he says he was and/or didn't do what he says he did.
It's not as if that task is impossible for a journalist. Hillary Clinton famously told a bogus tale of "landing under sniper fire" in Bosnia, claiming that she and others "ran with our heads down" after exiting the plane.
But then a reporter found video footage of that very event ... which instead showed her casually walking off the plane and receiving flowers from a young girl. Oh well, maybe Hillary meant to say that she "landed under snapdragon fire."
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... per-story/
brian ross wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:38 pm
He has also stated that he "watched people jumping from the World Trade Centre from his office." His office is over 4 miles away from the WTC. He didn't say, "on TV."
Right, and Vanity Fair reported that Trump said he "saw 'many people' jump from the Twin Towers from the telescope in his penthouse."
So there's your answer: You might not have heard about it, but there's this newfangled invention called a telescope, and it enables people to see things from a long distance away.
brian ross wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:38 pm
He has also interviewed on 11 September on telephone from his office proclaiming that Trump Tower wasn't luckily one of the "tallest buildings in New York."
Now, he can't have been in his office if he was out at Ground Zero helping move bricks, now could he?
When did Trump ever say he was at Ground Zero "moving bricks"? Oh, that's right -- he didn't. All he said was, "I spent a lot of time down there with you" (the first responders).
The only person who interpreted that innocuous statement as Trump purporting to have helped the first responders was Chris Riotta, the so-called journalist whose name is on the article. Riotta made the baseless assumption that Trump was "appearing to suggest without evidence that he participated in either rescue efforts or surveying the damage after the attacks."
Ho-hum ... just another hostile reporter's creative interpretation of Trump's comment. You get used to that sort of thing when you live in the United States.
brian ross wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:38 pm
Trump obviously is a Walter Mitty like character - everything happens to him, around him, 'cause he believes he is the centre of the universe. He is delusional.
Now, you can either accept his delusions or you can question them. Me? I personally prefer to question them and him but hey, I'm not in the US and I'm not a US citizen, now am I so my opinion is pretty much worthless, right? However, I have to wonder why you're so willing to accept the delusions of el Presidente'...
Right, you're not in the U.S., which explains why you're so vulnerable to being spoon-fed this sort of hit job on Trump.
Let's be clear: I have no problem with hard-hitting, well-researched journalism, whether or not it's critical of the president. But there's precious little of that being practiced by the White House press corps (including this lefty Brit rag). This is just the musings of a reporter more interested in smearing Trump than engaging in responsible reporting.
