Sunday, July 19, 2015

SHARYL ATTKISSON Fact Check: The Washington Post on Donald Trump and John McCain

Trump fuels GOP fire with criticism of McCain:



Read Donald Trump's Full Statement on His John McCain Remarks for Yourself.





The media is very conveniently joining in the outrage over Trump's comments. Like most media outrage, it relied on a very short attention span. Until fairly recently, comments about McCain not being a hero were most likely to come from liberals and the occasional Paultard.

Here are a few sample titles from progressive outposts like DailyKos and Democratic Underground.
◼ John McCain Is NOT a 'War Hero' - Daily KOS 2008
◼ John McCain American Hero? - Daily KOS 2015
◼ It's Time To Stop Pretending John McCain Is A "Hero" - Daily KOS 2013
They recite most of the same talking points that were part of the Obama whispering campaign against him back in '08.

Then again there was the Chris Rock joke, "He a war hero that got captured. There's a lot of guys in jail that got captured. Sh*t, f**k that. I don't want to vote for nobody that got captured. I wanna vote for the mothe____ that got away."







An article in the Washington Post today is headlined, “Trump slams McCain for being ‘captured’ in Vietnam.”

The article’s lead sentence states, “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, on Saturday by saying McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese [emphasis added].”

Is this report accurate?

In fact, Trump’s actual quote is the opposite of what is presented in the Post’s first sentence.

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