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On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 14:53:38 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

>On 2025-08-04 04:08, NoBody wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 11:41:59 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2025-08-03 06:18, NoBody wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I'm making a comparison...
>>>
>>> ...just the same way you like to do.
>>>
>> 
>> Ok what stories did  Fox News put out that quoted people as saying
>> things that were never said?
>
>So it has to be the exact same thing. You don't think lying about the 
>election being stolen counts?

I asked a very specific question.  Can't you answer a simple question
without wandering around.

>
>Sean Hannity testified that he did not believe the fraud claims "for one 
>second," even as he gave a platform to accusers to repeat them on his show.'
>
>'Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham were shown in text messages to be 
>highly critical of the claims and the people making them, privately 
>calling them "mind-blowingly nuts."'
>
>But directly on point:
>
>'On Friday evening, Fox News withdrew a story it had published in which 
>former Trump administration Health and Human Services Secretary Tom 
>Price was quoted as saying he would not support the former president in 
>2024.
>
>“He can kiss my big medical butt,” the story said Price had remarked.
>
>However, the story was taken down and instead replaced with an editor’s 
>note.'
>
>Also:
>
>'Mr Wheeler said a Fox News reporter, Malia Zimmerman, fabricated quotes 
>in a story about Mr Rich that ran on the network’s website in May. Fox 
>retracted the article a week after publication.'
>
>'On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the 
>investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. 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.'
>
>So... ...was Fox News caught "flat out lying"?
>
>Yes or no.

Would you be so kind as to source your quote?  It's standard good form
to do so.  What you posted sounds suspiciously like a hearsay claim so
I'd like more information.

>
>> 
>> 
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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!
>>>
>>> It's YOUR SOURCE sunshine.
>> 
>> Actually it wasn't but I understand your confusion.
>> 
>> Laughter...
>
>Actually it was. That is a direct quote from the poynter.org article you 
>posted:

Poynter is my source.

Duh...

>
>'The Daily Beast is a superb site, but it got beat up in media circles 
>for highlighting claims made by Wolff.'

You seem to have difficulty with mental math.