Journalism is in the Toilet

[CJD]

(03-16-2021, 06:44 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I'm sure all of us remember the absolutely nuclear story that Trump called the Georgia election investigator and threatened him to "find the fraud".  Many here absolutely lost their mind over the call.  It was used by the Dems to justify the second impeachment.  Only problem is, the Washington Post completely shit the bed on the story and recently issued a lengthy retraction.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/543271-wapost-adds-lengthy-correction-to-story-on-trump-georgia-call


"Trump did not tell the investigator to 'find the fraud' or say she would be 'a national hero' if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find 'dishonesty' there. He also told her that she had 'the most important job in the country right now.'"

The correction comes days after The Wall Street Journal obtained audio of the December call between Trump and the investigator.

For those of who who consistently scoff at the idea that journalism has degenerated into something not worth paying attention to, this is a mistake so huge and so potentially earth shattering that it cannot be dismissed or minimized.  This kind of thing will only fuel the accusations of bias and shoddy reporting, and rightly so.  One also has to wonder if this correction would ever have been issued if the WSJ hadn't obtained the actual audio of the call.  I may be a bit on the cynical side, but I'm leaning heavily into "not a chance" on that one.

I think this may be a second call that was unearthed. I personally don't remember when it was released and never really looked into it. The call that was used in the impeachment was the one he had with Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia Secretary of State.

This is the transcript of that call:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-georgia-phone-call-transcript-20210104-ivcio2yuyfgm7onlm4vipxpmzu-htmlstory.html

I don't know what's going on with this second call, but based on that transcript, I'm pretty sure the impeachment was accurate in its depiction of the conversation.