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On 2025-08-07 04:09, NoBody wrote:
> 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.
> 

By "days" you actually mean "one day".

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

You're not claiming they were "flat out lying"?

Interesting.