https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/24/media/twitter-donald-trump-joe-scarborough-reliable-sources/index.html
President Trump's appalling tweets have real world consequences.
Take
his reckless posts about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. For the past few
weeks, Trump has been insinuating that Scarborough was responsible for
the 2001 death of Lori Klausutis, who worked in his Florida office when
he was a GOP congressman.
This
conspiracy theory, ironically, fueled left-wing attacks against
Scarborough in 2001. It was debunked back then, but it's been revived
now, by right-wing attackers, because Scarborough and his show "Morning
Joe" are vociferous critics of Trump. Trump claimed on Sunday that
there's "a lot of interest in this story about Psycho Joe."
This is beyond the pale, and every honest broker in politics and media knows it. As Mediaite's Josh Feldman noted here, Trump is being "roundly trashed" for pushing the conspiracy. If you're unsure about the facts, read the old fact checks from the AP and other news outlets.
Twitter's not doing much with Biden's dementia, sexual groping or racism either. Double standard?
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