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The Trump Administration may, or may not, make history on his first foreign trip. But that hasn't stopped them from making some history up.
As an example of the President's super terrific awesomeness, the White House suggested that it was he, the great one, who made the first direct flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel.
On Twitter, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote that the flight was a “historic moment.”
Several news outlets, ,, including FOX, of course, gobbled it up.
Trump's flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel possibly first direct flight between countries
Halllelujah, it's a new era! Let's buy the world a Coke and teach it to sing,,,,,,,,,,,
wait what's that?
ABC just reported;
An Israel Airport Authority spokesman said he was not aware of any direct flights ever having landed in Israel from the kingdom. But State Department records show that then-Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice flew from Saudi Arabia to Israel in 2007. Her boss, President George W. Bush, flew from Israel to Saudi Arabia the following year.
You know, for an administration so critical of the news media, they sure do play fast and loose with the facts.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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You would think that someone could have easily checked this before again making a statement that is totally not correct. Seems we have seen a lot of this in such a short time for this Administration. Kind of telling of the ineptitude withing the WH.
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Speaking of fake news
Fox News employees 'disgusted' after network pushes Seth Rich conspiracy
Staffers at the conservative Fox News Channel are blasting host Sean Hannity and others at the network for their "disappointing" choice to push conspiracy theories about the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich.
"It hurts those of us who are legitimately focused on journalism," one employee told CNN."We have a chance to turn the corner at Fox, and perpetuating this conspiracy theory damages our integrity," the employee continued.Rich, 27, was shot to death last year on the streets of Washington D.C. Since his death, right-wing news outlets have sought to link his death, without evidence, to Hillary Clinton's
campaign and the WikiLeaks release of hacked emails from Clinton's campaign.
Last week, a local Fox station in Washington D.C. aired a report claiming Rich was in contact with Wikileaks before he died. The report, which was also shared by Russia's foreign ministry on Twitter and multiple Fox News personalities, was later discredited by Rich's family.
The employee told CNN that Hannity's aim is to "distract from any and all Trump scandals.""I'm disgusted by it," they said.Other employees said that coverage of the conspiracy theory affected the entire network, not just Hannity's show.
"It is disappointing because it drags the rest of us down," another employee added in the report.
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Looks like Fox is saying, oooooops, that was a mistake. I got a real kick out of the statement I highlighted in red.
"On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich," a statement on the Fox News website said. "The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed."
"We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted," the statement added.
It was not immediately clear if the reporter or editor responsible for the story were facing any disciplinary action and a Fox News spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
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Someone should tell Sean Hannity. He has been flogging this phony story, and anything else he can invent, in an effort to protect his master, Donald Trump.
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