The network might face some consequences
for fake News
Carlos Garcia
Eric Trump [photo] said Wednesday that
his company would sue over a supposed bombshell reported by Lawrence O'Donnell
on his MSNBC show on Tuesday evening.
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Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images |
"This was a reckless
attempt to slander our family and smear a great company," Trump tweeted.
"Apologies are not enough when the true intent was solely to damage and
cause harm."
This was a reckless attempt to slander our family and smear a great company. Apologies are not enough when the true intent was solely to damage and cause harm. As a company, we will be taking legal action. This unethical behavior has to stop. @Lawrence @MSNBC https://t.co/i4X6CcdkCm— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) 29 de agosto de 2019
"As a company, we will be
taking legal action. This unethical behavior has to stop," he added.
He was referring to the apology O'Donnell issued after the report.
"Last night I made an
error in judgment by reporting an item about the president's finances that
didn't go through our rigorous verification and standards process,"
O'Donnell tweeted.
"I shouldn't have reported
it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air," he added. "I will
address the issue on my show tonight."
What did O'Donnell say?
O'Donnell had reported that one source had confirmed from the
president's taxes that he had received business funding through guarantees from
Russian oligarchs. Journalists generally do not report claims based on only one
source.
"This single source close
to Deutsche Bank has told me that Donald Trump's loan documents there show that
he has co-signers. That's how he was able to obtain those loans and that the
co-signers are Russian oligarchs," O'Donnell told Rachel Maddow as she
transitioned her show to his.
The apology for the story
came after a lawyer for President Trump demanded that MSNBC
detract their report, calling it false and defamatory.
White House press secretary
Stephanie Grisham also excoriated MSNBC over the poorly source report.
"This is one of the
reasons that a majority of Americans have lost trust in the media," said
Grisham.
"Instead of applying
ethics and standards to their reporting, journalists and left-wing outlets have
weaponized the media, using it to attack and harass people with little to no
regard for the truth," she concluded.
Deutsche Bank, who was cited
as the source of the tax returns with the supposed evidence, declined to
comment on the allegations.
Here's more about the MSNBC
mistake:
Carlos Garcia, The Blaze, 28-8-2019
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