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On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 11:33:48 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

>On 2025-08-05 04:05, NoBody wrote:
>> 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.'
>
><https://www.advocate.com/media/fox-news-white-house-retraction>
>

Good grief.  It took you days of prompting before you answer the
question.

So Fox News retracted a story and was wrong too?  What does that have
to do with the OT?