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From: NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: The Daily Beast falls flat on its face...again
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2025 09:18:07 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider

On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 17:38:41 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

>On 2025-08-02 10:58, NoBody wrote:
>> On Thursday, The Daily Beast removed an article from its website that
>> highlighted claims that President Donald Trump met first lady Melania
>> Trump through Jeffrey Epstein. These claims came from Trump biographer
>> Michael Wolff.
>> 
>> This editor’s note was posted on The Daily Beast’s site: “Editor’s
>> Note. After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from
>> First Lady Melania Trump’s attorney challenging the headline and
>> framing of the article. After reviewing the matter, the Beast has
>> taken down the article and apologizes for any confusion or
>> misunderstanding.”
>> 
>> Wolff’s original claims were made during an episode of “The Daily
>> Beast Podcast,” which aired six days ago.
>> 
>> TheWrap’s Benjamin Lindsay wrote, “In the podcast interview with
>> Joanna Coles, published Saturday, Wolff alleges that Donald and
>> Melania met in 1998 through ID Models founder Paolo Zampolli, who
>> himself had ties to Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell. He said
>> that Melania was ‘very involved’ in Epstein’s social circle.”
>> 
>> A spokesperson for The Daily Beast told media journalist Oliver Darcy,
>> “The story was deleted because it did not reflect the comments made by
>> Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles on the Daily Beast podcast.”
>> 
>> 				
>> https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/the-daily-beast-retracts-melania-epstein-story/
>> 
>> Translation:  They got caught flat out lying.
>
>What does Fox do when they get caught lying?
>

Do try to stick to the topic.

>Maybe the fact that they were wiling to own up and apologize when they 
>made a MISTAKE is the reason YOUR source says:

How is it a mistake to publish something that was never said as fact?

>
>'The Daily Beast is a superb site'
>
>:-)

Laughter!